WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was another name for the Huang He?
A
Yangtze River
B
China’s Sorrow
C
Chang Jiang
D
Nile
Explanation: 

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 main river of northern China, the Huang He (or Hwang Ho) is the second longest river in the country, after the Yangtze. It rises on the Plateau of Tibet and flows generally eastward, emptying into the Yellow Sea. Chinese historians routinely refer to the Huang He as the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Šar Mörön. The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: Huáng hé [xwǎŋ xɤ̌] ( listen)) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5, 464 km (3, 395 mi).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yellow River, also known as the Huang He River or “Mother River” in China, is a waterway that spans 3, 398 miles throughout China’s northern territory. The river runs from west to east and flows through seven modern provinces.

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