by looking only at the huang he, you might think lanzhou is a wet place.n fact it only receives about 12 inches of rain a year. geographer chai yangwei, in the green, follows these farmers to see how they cope with such low rainfall. peculiar to agriculture in this area, these are called "stone fields." a thin layer of stones is spread over the surface of the field to hold in moisture. stone fields can be used for about eight years. constant upkeep is necessary, however. this plot is two years old. the farmers are adding fertilizer. if the soil becomes mixed with the stones, the efficiency of a stone field decreases, so stones must be carefully swept aside. the next step is to dign cow manure. finally the stones will be spread back. melons will be grown here for the modern city nearby. lanzhou is home to 2.6 million people. its historical geography holds clues to the future of western china. today lanzhou is the second-largest city in china's northwest and the capital of gansu province. sowhis this city here? its growth is largelthe result of 20th-centuryc

">>>yu-ping huang, counseling services "we want our students to succeed. and that is the purpose of all the workshops we are doing. is that wew want to help our students academically and personally and we want them to do well at school."" counseling services is located in the administration building and is open monday through friday 8:30- 4:30 pm. thats it for arts and entertainment this week guys, back to you! oh wow lots of fun and interesting stuff happening, great stuff pedro i loved it. still ahead on update news, one defensive player continues to rack up the accolades, well tell you who it is. and theres something differnt this year with the spartan football team........and its not just the win-loss record. but first we ask students why many of them do not attend the spartan football games. tyler huffman joins us for sports now. anticpation has been building for the homecoming game tyler, hows the football team feel? they're feeling confident and energized, but more than anything they feel prideful. the football team is having a great season heading

flood plains of major rivers like the tigris and euphrates in ancient mesopotamia, the yangtze and huang ho in china, and the nile in egypt. flood plains are good places to grow crops because as each flood inundates the plain, it carries with it a muddy sediment rich in organic matter and nutrients. the sediment is deposited in flat layers atop the flood plain and is naturally irrigated by the flood waters. but life on the flood plain is a double-edged sword. the agricultural benefits of those periodic floods are offset by damage to homes and cities, and, in some cases, to the people who inhabit them. the edges of flood plains are marked by levees- ridges of sediment left atop river banks by floods. once formed, levees serve as natural barriers confining rivers during periods of ordinary flow. they may even protect low-lying areas from flooding if the level of a river isn't too high. for this reason, artificial levees designed to contain a river during flood stages are often built. but artificial levees can themselves create problems. by confining the river to a narrow channel, levees ac