Qǔzhōu

Quzhou lies on the low plain east of the Taihang Mountains, in a district crossed by the Ming and Fuyang river systems. Shifting channels and floodwaters repeatedly troubled its fields and town. The county gazetteer records a particularly severe flood in 1491, when the wider Guangping region was inundated and Quzhou suffered especially badly; another breach in 1685 sent water into the town.