How does the Yellow river of china affect the population of China?

As people know, the river helped to cultivate Chinese civilization, so there is large polulation living nearby! According to the statistices in 1990, the population around the Yellow River reaches is 97.81 million, 8.6% of the total Chinese population. With time passing by, people started to move to others areas and Yangtze River reaches for many reasons.

There are some man-made power plants along the river, such as Longyangxia, Sanmenxia and Xiaolangdi. It made the river make great contributions to Chinese civilization.