Jiangsu province is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with low terrain. Why is there no flood disaster?

Jiangsu Province, located at the lowest reaches of the Yangtze River, has not been flooded despite its low terrain. In fact, it is not that Jiangsu province has not suffered from floods, but that Jiangsu province has paid a great price for governance. At the same time, Jiangsu Province faces the sea, the river surface is relatively wide, and there are many flood evacuation channels, which makes Jiangsu Province rarely suffer from floods.

Jiangsu has also suffered from floods in history. As the largest river in China, the Yangtze River has a large amount of water, especially in rainy season, and Jiangsu Province is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so the natural pressure is great every flood season. In fact, the people of Jiangsu Province have learned painful lessons from the long-term flood disaster and actively carried out flood control and disaster relief construction. After the founding of New China, it took about 40 years to dig out a dotted river network. It is clear from the satellite that these rivers are all connected. This is the main purpose of the working people in Jiangsu to build it bit by bit with their own efforts, which is to prevent floods, because Jiangsu Province has been affected by floods for a long time.

It is precisely because the people of this province are fully aware of the dangers of floods that they began to build dams and water conservancy projects very early, giving people the illusion that there are few floods in Jiangsu Province, but this is actually the result of decades of struggle by the people of Jiangsu Province.

There are many lakes and rivers in Jiangsu province, which can share the pressure in flood season. In fact, as we all know, rivers and lakes can store water and pay dividends. Since the 1980s, Jiangsu Province has continuously intensified the construction of water conservancy projects, built a number of artificial rivers, and optimized the original water system in the province, so that every river can eventually flow to the sea. In this way, on the one hand, it can ensure the dividends of rivers in flood season, on the other hand, it can meet the needs of agricultural irrigation along the line. Moreover, in dry years, rivers and lakes can also play a good role in water storage.

It is precisely because of Jiangsu's great advantages in this respect that although Jiangsu Province is in the lowest reaches of the Yangtze River and has a low terrain, it has not been affected by floods in recent years.

The dams in this section of Jiangsu Province are the strongest, and most of them are stone dams. Different from the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, most of the dams built in Jiangsu Province are stone dams, which are different from mud dams. Stone dams can resist floods well. At the same time, rivers in Jiangsu Province extend in all directions, and each river can eventually lead to the sea. Moreover, Jiangsu Province attaches great importance to river dredging.

As one of the most economically developed provinces in China, Jiangsu Province has sufficient financial resources to build dams on the Yangtze River, and organized dam construction in the 1970s with a huge situation, making the dams in Jiangsu Province first-class in the whole country, and there is no problem in driving cars on them. It is precisely because of the efforts of countless people in Jiangsu that Jiangsu Province can effectively resist floods.

In short, fire and water are ruthless. Once a flood disaster occurs, it will be difficult for any province to survive in the disaster. The experience of Jiangsu province fully illustrates the importance of dredging rivers. Only by dredging the river and letting the flood flow into the sea unimpeded can the pressure brought by the flood be dispersed. Jiangsu Province naturally has less floods, which is what other provinces along the Yangtze River need to learn.