Why China's real Geography Weakness is Water

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    China has a massive water problem, which is slowly becoming its main weakness. This stems from two main reasons: The lack of sufficient water reserves for its huge population, and the increasing pollution of the existing ones. In this video we analyse how these two factors makes water China's main geography weakness and we try to see how China could find a solution for this weakness through the use of waterways transportation.
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    00:00 China's first geography problem is the lack of freshwater
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    07:22 First solution: construct new water reserves
    09:19 Second problem: freshwater pollution
    12:16 Second Solution: more efficient inland water transportation
    13:38 Comparison between Mississippi and Yangtze river systems
    16:21 Inland waterways are a sustainable transportation model for other countries
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    I have read many articles about the Three Gorges Dam, but you are the first one, who pointed out, that it is not only for electricity production, but also for storing fresh water. I am always amazed, how you put thing in a different light, then most other media outlets! ❀

    • @Kamome163
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      Wow, thank you so much Norbert. I'm glad that I hit the nail on the head there.

    • @didierduplantier8359
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      Isn’t it obvious?

    • @user-in5kc9eu8b
      @user-in5kc9eu8b Pƙed rokem +4

      To be honest, the Yangtze River is located in southern China and does not lack precipitation, so there is no need to store water at all. On the contrary, due to excessive water, there are annual floods. So the first function of the Three Gorges Dam is flood control, followed by power generation. Storage water? I have never heard of it in China

    • @sumyamchi
      @sumyamchi Pƙed rokem +1

      @@user-in5kc9eu8b Storage of water means water regulation such that the water flow is enough for adequate hydro power generation and ship navigation during the dry season. It also intrinsically means flood and drought control since you need to store water to stop flood waters and release water during droughts.

    • @user-in5kc9eu8b
      @user-in5kc9eu8b Pƙed rokem

      @@sumyamchi Water storage is also used for flood prevention. The first purpose of the Three Gorges Dam is flood control. China did not build the Three Gorges Dam just for water storage. I'm not saying it casually. In Chinese high school textbooks, it's written that the reason why China built the Three Gorges Dam - the primary purpose is flood control

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      Thank you so much for the kind comment and feedback Bernd! I really appreciate it. Do you think a less dynamic and North up composition would be more understandable? Do you think adding a North pointing indicator in one corner could somehow reduce the disorientation?
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    A little bit of nitpicking for the section at 16:36... Russia and Brazil both have the problem that most of their navigable rivers are where neither most of the industry, nor most of the people are located, mainly in the Amazon and in Siberia, so there isn't really a point in trying to move a lot of additional cargo along them. Russia has the added difficulty of a lot of their navigable rivers freezing during winter, thereby making them unreliable, and other potentially more useful ones like the Volga connecting to inland bodies of water like the Caspian Sea, only being connected to the Don and thereby the Black Sea by a fairly small canal.
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  • @Fireneedsair
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    Fantastic videos and graphics. One point: brasil is a bad example to compare to the others for river navigation as the steep escarpment that much of coastal brasil abuts in very limiting and that is why inland brasil is very sparsely populated

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +1

      Thank you Dan, that's a great point. IIRC correctly that's also why Brazilian big cities are quite afar from each other. On the other hand, I was wondering wouldn't waterways transports help in overcoming that elevation difference, or is it just logistically unfeasible?

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  • @GBA811
    @GBA811 Pƙed rokem +11

    Brazil, barely has waterways because geography isn't so favorable, since most of geography is mountainous, resulting in many rapids and waterfalls, so they need to build huge dams, but most of it doesn't have locks since rivers are mostly used for hydropower, a major example of this is the Parana River, a tributary of the Rio de La Plata where it was build at the time the largest Hydropower dam in the world: the Itaipu Dam, but there is no locks into it.
    So cargo instead of loading into vessels in the Parana river or tributaries such as the TietĂȘ, all cargo is loaded into trucks and goes in a huge highway journey, passing through SĂŁo Paulo homonymus capital, and then take the Imigrantes Highway in the Serra do Mar moutains all the way down to the Port of Santos, and unload there and export to the exterior markets. There are railways build in the late 1800's which helps, but must of the cargo is transported by truck since both Mato Grosso (do Sul) barely have any Railways, and they are West of the Parana River.
    But considering that cargo going down the Parana river would necessarity to go first into Paraguay and then into a port in Argentina or Uruguay, Brazil decided that it wasn't advantegeous, and looking at the historic at the region, you can see why Brazil was involved in six wars in the 1800's for the control the Mesopotamia Region upstream of Rio de La Plata.

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +4

      Thank you so much for the illuminating point. Do you think the if those dams had locks, could they be used to extend inland navigation? Would that be feasible?
      I'd love to learn more about this, do you have recommended book or article? If you do, could you send me the title here? sekishouproduction@gmail.com

    • @GBA811
      @GBA811 Pƙed rokem +2

      ​@@Kamome163 Yes, I do think so, the TietĂȘ river has become a navigable waterway but far as I know isn't used as much as it should, assuming for the reasons I have already covered.
      I'm going to make futher comentaries via email so we can make this conversation more easily, with links, and images etc.

    • @Joacazz
      @Joacazz Pƙed rokem +2

      ​@@Kamome163 It would at a huge expense, locks on the Paraná basin would have to be built on mass. Those rivers aren't navigable, or just a few steps away from that. Brazil has a huge network of navigable rivers in the Amazon basin, where the rivers are the main way of transportation, but its mostly rainforest over there.

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +2

      @@GBA811 awesome I really appreciate that!

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +2

      @@Joacazz Thanks for the comment! I guess it would make much more sense to build those along the Paranà basin. IIRC that’s also where the big chunk of Brazilian agricultural economy is based at.

  • @Shadowgunner785
    @Shadowgunner785 Pƙed rokem +52

    It's always good to remember, that some of the most powerful and richest nations have ease of access. River have been essential for creating trade, as well as discovering new land which we have seen in the Americas.
    China's rivers are a valuable lifeline for it's economy, and this can be seen as very important when dealing with them as an adversary in the future, as these rivers were how many European nations and later Japan attacked and conquered Chinese lands. And if these rivers are cut off in any way, it can destroy china's economy.
    Great video as all ways Kamome!!!! Now we just need a video on South Africa or South America and I will be able to die in peace!!!

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +7

      That's on point. Those rivers are one of China's logistical backbones and if now support China's economy they can equally threaten, if they can't be used, or are used by potential adversaries.
      Rivers sustains big urban centres. From London to NYC, from Moscow to Shanghai, those rivers are often overlook strategic factors.
      Hahahahah we'll need to have plenty of videos on South America and South Africa before you can die in peace😂

    • @Western_Decline
      @Western_Decline Pƙed rokem +5

      @@Kamome163 Homeboy needs to calm down on Europeans attacking and conquering Chinese lands. I don't believe that's how Hwyytte people spread democracy any more.

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      @Western_Decline Pƙed rokem

      Keep your imperialist wet dreams to yourself. The West needs to stop invading & murdering people.

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    • @joshtep6784
      @joshtep6784 Pƙed rokem +2

      While you are historically accurate, that type of conquest of China is no longer feasible. During the Second World War, Japan tried to do something similar but got caught in a logistical quagmire in the upper Yangtze. The resistance Japan faced there was ultimately devastating and made it so that Japan couldn't completely conquer China once they moved the capital to Chongqing. It took Britain a long time to develop the kind of river boat supremacy to subdue China but that was only after they seized Hong Kong. The reoccuring theme is that China was humiliated because they did not focus on naval power and were technologically behind. Now China has the largest navy in the world and is only a generation of weapon systems away from the US. America lost to Vietnam in a war of conquest IMMEDIATELY AFTER they became independent. No country has the capacity to infiltrate China without an astronomical investment into their military with the sole intent of conquering China like the Steppe peoples.

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    VERY well done this time man, fantastic visuals

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem

      Thank you Cameron!

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  • @christinearmington
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    Very interesting documentary! Thanks. Didn’t know about how extensive the waterways are in China.

    • @johndesade126
      @johndesade126 Pƙed rokem

      They are extensive, but the Communist government has allowed them to become polluted: example, the Great South-North Waterway was a good idea, but they screwed it up by running a segment of the water transfer system through a polluted lake; hence, the cities do not want it!

  • @jjamo1225
    @jjamo1225 Pƙed rokem +2

    Very good. I thought there would be more on the north/south water diversion project.

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    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      Thank you Anthony :)

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    Really nice work exploring this topic!

    • @Kamome163
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      Thank you so much catbertz

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  • @dobeeeeval
    @dobeeeeval Pƙed rokem +27

    So you've never heard of the Unified Deep Water System in Russia? Not sure how much more they could do to utilize their inland waterways. Theoretically could extend it into Siberia and tie in the Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, and Lake Baikal, but that seems a bit infeasible. Even if they weren't currently leading their country to ruin.

    • @watershed8685
      @watershed8685 Pƙed rokem +5

      Yeah, I feel like this channel sacrifices too much of research quality as of late and doesn’t go deep enough considering the vastness of geopolitics

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +3

      That's a good point. I've made a video on it czcams.com/video/l5KXeFdpyaE/video.html

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +2

      @@watershed8685 Did you even check the video bibliography?

    • @watershed8685
      @watershed8685 Pƙed rokem +4

      @@Kamome163 I didn’t and I don’t mean to say you don’t do the minimum research-wise. However you made it seem like channels, dams and dredging are not without major negative consequences not only for nature but the Chinese people. I’m not an expert but I heard from multiple sources their river works are very harmful to both water volumes, quality, river stability and overall environment. I expected you would shed some light on that. However my comment pertained mostly to Russia’s potential in river transport, in the end of this video you made it seem like they have a lot of it. No, they don’t, because they mostly flow northward, and that creates huge ice jams every fall and spring and such rivers go into economically infeasible areas.
      I get that there’s only so much you can put in a video. I just you know, expected just a bit more. Yeah, with fame come expectations. That’s just my feedback, you can ignore it as is your privilege.

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +6

      @@watershed8685 oh I understand where you’re coming from and I really do appreciate that you took the time to argument your reply. There’s a lots of other people who comments without even checking the sources and I’m glad you’re not one of those. You don’t know how many people do that😅
      I guess you are specifically referring to the three gorges dam and the North South transfer project. What I could gather from my research is that there are very different analysis results on the impact of those two projects and I preferred to stay focused on the freshwater quantity and quality. That’s a trade-off I had to make otherwise the video would’ve been noticeably longer.
      Gotcha. That’s a great point and thank you for raising that up. In the reference to Russia, I referred to Deep Water Unified System which IIRC is not that prone to icing. OC other rivers ice much more often. If you want you can check a previous video on Russia weakness and I talk about that there.
      That being said, thank you for your frank reply! BTW if you wanna go deeper on Chinese waterways environmental and economic impacts, in the video bibliography there’s a link to a world bank work paper that’s quite interesting. Thanks

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    as a Chinese I can confirm that we do melt upon touching water

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  • @ChinchillaBONK
    @ChinchillaBONK Pƙed rokem

    I have no idea how you do these stunning 3D sceneries with the camera moving around like a drone

  • @jarrettbobbett5230
    @jarrettbobbett5230 Pƙed rokem

    This is a great channel. 👍

  • @thomaswright4489
    @thomaswright4489 Pƙed rokem +1

    First off wanted to say really appreciate the time put into research this video, this is the first time I have heard of that 2-1-2-18 network, and it gave a good basis for understanding the Chinese internal waterways of China.
    However I wanted question the last part of the video, with the heavy focus on internal waterway freight transport. Despite an almost double rate of use of Chinese internal waterways than their EU and US equivalence the rate is still rather small (only 7%), and despite the mode of transport being far cheaper than train and road (by Cost/tonnes-km) it seems it is still less relied on. It would be interesting to go further into the reasoning why it is rather unused or unreliable if you do a future video perhaps on the transport infrastructure (rails and roads of china) and why they are more heavily relied on for transportation.

    • @hughmungus2760
      @hughmungus2760 Pƙed rokem +1

      someone really needs to stick this video in the faces of all those peter zeihan fanboys who think only the US has navigable waterways.

    • @thomaswright4489
      @thomaswright4489 Pƙed rokem

      ​@@hughmungus2760 I think it is more so the size of the watershed, and location of watershed given to other locations like cities and bodies of water. (Data from Wikipedia)
      For example China's largest river basins Yangtze, Yellow River, and Pearl River combined amount to 3 million km2 while just the Mississippi-Missouri River Basin is 3.2 million km2, and that's without the additions of the other river watersheds in US shared with Canada and Mexico (St Lawrence, Snake River, and Colorado). Also I think the interoperability of the waterways between the Pacific and Atlantic is also exploitable by US.
      The other 2 countries that seems to have a large river basin are Brazil and India. I would venture to say the reason Brazil's is hard to exploit is the inhospitability of the Amazon forest and vast distance between their watershed and the major cities Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro on the other side of Brazil, but I could be wrong. And for India I have no idea.

  • @humberabdulah4733
    @humberabdulah4733 Pƙed rokem

    this is good video presentation i am gonna subs to this channel

  • @bratwurststattsucuk4517
    @bratwurststattsucuk4517 Pƙed rokem +4

    Be like water my friend

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +2

      😂 That cracked me up, pretty accurate

  • @coltrueg
    @coltrueg Pƙed rokem

    Uh did I just refresh this video and see you jump from 55k to 57k. Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. Congrats your about to blow up.

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +1

      You know, sometimes I focus too much on the big future targets without enjoying the present. Which is a gift (in all senses). This comment made me remember that and made me realize how valuable it is having people like you in the community. Thanks coltruegđŸ™‡â€â™‚ïž

  • @jaadotech
    @jaadotech Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    I know this is unlikely to be responded to, but can I ask how you produce next-level graphical content? This has the feel of big budget production, yet, you front as a you tuber independent. Would love to know!

  • @skyblueo
    @skyblueo Pƙed rokem

    Very interesting.

  • @yueqiao6526
    @yueqiao6526 Pƙed 4 dny

    I really like the music in the last ten seconds of this video. Could you tell me the name of this song?

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames Pƙed rokem +1

    Don’t know for sure, but heard that in China, the 40% that do have tap water generally won’t use it to drink or cook, due to contamination concerns, and that even small apartments will have a water cooler and a bunch of water refills.

  • @chenenowicki469
    @chenenowicki469 Pƙed rokem

    great video

  • @heinzbongwasser2715
    @heinzbongwasser2715 Pƙed rokem

    Good quality content and nice voice

  • @KinokoCardano
    @KinokoCardano Pƙed rokem +2

    Dude... how do you manage to make the map usage even more comprehensive?! Lol MDMAzing!!

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +2

      Thanks Hotsky! Blood, tears and sweat is the answer 😂

  • @wgalloPT
    @wgalloPT Pƙed rokem

    What do you use to make your graphics/animations?

  • @alfredkwok9239
    @alfredkwok9239 Pƙed rokem

    good information

  • @superpowerdragon
    @superpowerdragon Pƙed rokem +2

    China's landscape is so beautiful, I love that we can see the mountains in 3d maps

  • @jarvisidlette236
    @jarvisidlette236 Pƙed rokem

    This guy content is immaculate

  • @oldporkchops
    @oldporkchops Pƙed rokem +2

    If the Jones Act is repealed the US would win the navigable waterway contest. It is also important to consider where the navigable waterways flow from and to. Are China's navigable waterways strategically located to facilitate efficient transport of cargo from inland manufacturing and agriculture hubs to ports and population consumption areas?

  • @snowade
    @snowade Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

    I personally would like a video about the Sichuan basin in China & how Sichuan basin played an important role in Chinese history

  • @santaclaus0815
    @santaclaus0815 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    If the Caspian Sea were connected to the Black Sea by a canal (e.g. a canal from the mouth of the Don at the Sea of Azov to the coast of the Caspian Sea near Artezian), the Caspian Sea would fill up again to sea level. The Caspian Sea would also increase in area and thus more water would evaporate. The result would be more precipitation around the Caspian Sea, especially west of it. The effect would probably extend to northwest China.

  • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368

    Great video, but the volume keeps coming in and out ever so slightly.

  • @luvstrxx
    @luvstrxx Pƙed rokem

    woah underated! u should get 1 mil subs

  • @bruceyung70
    @bruceyung70 Pƙed rokem +1

    In all honesty more video needs to be made of New Orleans during Hurricane Harvey and focus more at home turf. We had so many influx of people fleeing during flooding of the entire city with dam collapsing. Please don’t worry about them for godsakes we have plenty issues at home.

  • @OLDMANTEA
    @OLDMANTEA Pƙed rokem

    Quality content

  • @hwangsir6285
    @hwangsir6285 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

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  • @SecondComingTwice
    @SecondComingTwice Pƙed rokem

    No mention of weather modification? There are companies worldwide supplying precipitation made to order.

  • @helixator3975
    @helixator3975 Pƙed rokem +1

    Use static maps please. Spinning them round on a turntable, while talking about south flowing rivers or growing northern cities make it very hard to figure out where and what you’re talking about. (Sometimes with technology, just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should ! )

  • @Dangur2
    @Dangur2 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

    Unlike other countries mentioned, Russia can use most of the waterways only during the summer and early autumn.
    Although, when the ice becomes thick enough, the rivers are used as roads for trucks - probably for a bigger part of the year.

  • @Milkyway899
    @Milkyway899 Pƙed rokem

    Awesome

  • @Hession0Drasha
    @Hession0Drasha Pƙed rokem +2

    Imagine if the rio de la plata was conected to the amazon internally. That would be a powerfull network 😁

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem +1

      I totally agree! And that would drastically helps Brazil overcoming its rough geography! We might do a video on thatđŸ€©

  • @ianwatson5370
    @ianwatson5370 Pƙed rokem

    Good content, but the rotating maps add a level of distraction that is not needed. Otherwise, excellent.

  • @kimi1982113
    @kimi1982113 Pƙed rokem +1

    the sad reality is the Dam holds the water when it’s dry season, release it when it’s wet

  • @timthetiny7538
    @timthetiny7538 Pƙed rokem +2

    The US navigable waterway network is far larger than China's

  • @rm82612
    @rm82612 Pƙed rokem +4

    The map at 14:16 was absolutely incredible!

    • @Kamome163
      @Kamome163  Pƙed rokem

      I'm glad you like that one! I wanted to show how those rivers traverse incredible terrain elevation. It is also incredible to see how Tibet is essential in providing water during spring and summer to majority of the region!

  • @paultsjan6047
    @paultsjan6047 Pƙed rokem +1

    Fresh water is necessary for the survival of all living organisms and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. China understands the need to provide water for its 1.4 billion people as it is a basic necessity for lives. Thus the huge infrastructure for dam construction and the diversion of water from the south to the north of China. Dams and their reservoirs play an important role in social and economic development as they help supply seasonal water needs or generate renewable energy.

  • @thesuperflexibleflyingtaoi8866

    Firstly: amazing graphics. Secondly I think we really are entering the "new normal" which means nations of different sorts are feeling the pressure under their current economical and ecological environments, which they either couldnt change for the better in the past or just looked away in the past. Also we shouldnt forget that the human species really made a big show in reproduction in the last 100 years. I think the weight of civilization is something we will discuss more and more in the future, and we will and have to learn a lot.

  • @lawu4164
    @lawu4164 Pƙed rokem

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  • @BWGPT
    @BWGPT Pƙed rokem

    Like in all large nations, the people are expendable. In this case, they also contain water.

  • @miketheneanderthal9490
    @miketheneanderthal9490 Pƙed rokem +5

    Your video is informative, beautifully edited, and well informed about the challenges China faces concerning water volume and more significantly, pollution levels. I have been to China many times, my wife and daughter are Chinese citizens from northern China.
    Pollution levels and water quality in China are both atrocious. Seeing first hand how the Chinese government operates, I would say that China will do the barest of minimum to fight pollution, water quality and climate change. By minimum I mean little more than what it takes to make sure it's work force doesn't die in large quantities. I use the term work force, rather than population, because ultimately that's all the Chinese government cares about.

  • @Leap6
    @Leap6 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    Thank you for highlighting this issue and thats the precise reason why china is trying sp hard to capture arunachal pradesh.

  • @royalbadger6560
    @royalbadger6560 Pƙed rokem +1

    Top notch sponsor segway. Had me paying attention at first. lol