ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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It is found entirely in a desert.
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It was re-routed by the Communist government in 1950.
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It was controlled by warlords until 1949.
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It is plagued by rapid currents and constant flooding.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Yellow River (Huang He) does not contain as many cities along its banks as other rivers in China. Why do you think this is the case? It is found entirely in a desert. It was re-routed by the Communist government in 1950.
Detailed explanation-2: -The river is often called “China’s sorrow” because millions of people have been killed by flooding. The worst flood disaster in world history occurred in August, 1931 along the Huang He River in China and killed an estimated 3.7 million people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chinese refer to the Yellow river as “the Mother River” and “the Cradle of Chinese Civilization". That is because the Yellow River was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilizations in the Xia (2100–1600 BC) and Shang (1600–1046 BC) eras-the most prosperous region in early Chinese history.
Detailed explanation-4: -Huang He Valley (or in English, Yellow River Valley) was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and for that reason is often called “Mother River.” The valley surrounds the principal river of northern China and is at the center of thousands of years of Chinese history.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Yellow River is called the “Mother River of China” and “the Cradle of Chinese Civilization” in China, as the Yellow River basin is the birth-place of the northern Chinese civilizations and the most prosperous region in the early Chinese history.