在文明起源与地理环境关系的讨论中,国内外学者都承认,地理环境在文明起源时代具有极其重要的意义。黄河文明的兴盛也同样与其优越的自然环境是分不开的。据研究,早期的黄河流域森林、草地、湖泊广布,气候较今温暖湿润,低温和干旱威胁较轻,黄土高原和黄土冲击平原土质疏松,旱作农业技术又较简单,花费劳动少,开垦较易。相形之下,长江流域过于炎热潮湿,不如黄河流域宜于住人,不少地区覆盖着大片的热 In the discussion of the relationship between the origin of civilization and the geographical environment, both domestic and foreign scholars acknowledged that geographical environment is of extremely important significance in the era of civilization. The prosperity of the Yellow River civilization is also inseparable from its superior natural environment. According to the research, in the early Yellow River basin, the forests, grasslands and lakes are widely distributed, the climate is warmer and humid now, the threat of low temperature and drought is lighter, the loess plateau and loess impact plain soil is loose, the dry farming technique is simpler, less labor and reclamation Easier. In contrast, the Yangtze River Basin is too hot and humid, it is better to live in the Yellow River basin, many areas covered with a large heat