SSC MTS EXAM

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: -Huang He means “Yellow River.” The river gets its color and its name from the extremely high volume of yellow-brown windblown silt, or loess, that enters the river in its middle reaches as it cuts through the Loess Plateau. The high silt load makes the lower reaches of the river prone to disastrous flooding.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of this, the Huang He is also nicknamed “China’s Sorrow.” For thousands of years, the Chinese have embarked on major public works projects to control and irrigate the water from the Huang He, including hydroelectric dams in modern times.