WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The river Hwang Ho was also known as the ‘Sorrow of China’ because it often used to change its course after floods. This caused major damage to crops and canals dug for the purpose of irrigation. It also affected human life on a larger scale and caused widespread distress.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the river overflowed, many people drowned and many homes were destroyed. As a result, the Chinese called the Huang He “China’s sorrow.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, and the sixth longest in the world. It drains a basin area of 740, 000 square kilometers. It has been the cradle of Chinese civilization; but frequent devastating floods have also earned it the name of China’s Sorrow.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yellow River, Chinese (Pinyin) Huang He or (Wade-Giles romanization) Huang Ho, also spelled Hwang Ho, English Yellow River, principal river of northern China, east-central and eastern Asia. The Yellow River is often called the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Detailed explanation-5: -The earliest civilization in China settled on the banks of the Huang He. Ever since, the river has been a source of life and death (in the form of new soil and floods). The river has flooded so often that is has become known as the River of Sorrow.