A chance of showers before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
The Erligang culture was centered in the Yellow River valley. Erligang was the first archaeological culture in China to show widespread use of bronze vessel castings. In its early years, the culture suddenly expanded rapidly, reaching the Yangtze River, as evidenced by the largesite at Panlongcheng in Hubei.
Its total basin area is about 742,443 square kilometers (286,659 sq mi). The Yellow River is called the cradle of Chinese civilization, because its basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and it was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history.