SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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People dying from environmental issues like air pollution
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People dying from famine
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People dying from floods
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People dying from war
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Detailed explanation-1: -Huang He or the The Yellow River is also called “Sorrow of China". This is because before damming, it was extremely prone to flooding, and had caused millions of deaths. Between 608 BCE and 1938 CE, the Yellow River changed course 26 times, and flooded over 1, 500 times.
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: -Why The Yellow River Is Called “China’s Sorrow?” The term “China’s Sorrow” was birthed from the tendency of the Yellow River to overflow its bank and cause devastating floods.