HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hurricane force winds
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Tsunamis
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Catastrophic Flooding
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River dried up
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is named for the vast quantities of yellow silt it carries to its delta. The river is sometimes called “China’s Sorrow” because of the devastating floods that once occurred regularly in its lower course.