Jishi Gorge outburst flood

The Jishi Gorge outburst flood is a theory surrounding a natural disaster that occurred around 1920 BC in what is today China. According to the theory, the water flow during the eruption was one of the largest fresh water flows to occur in the Holocene and caused widespread flooding around the Yellow River, affecting everyone living in the river basin. The flood outbreak was triggered by the bursting of a dam caused by landslides after an earthquake. The Lajia archaeological site, downstream of the Jishi Gorge, was first destroyed by the earthquake and later covered by sediments from the flood eruption.

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