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Which river is known as the 'River of Sorrows' in China?
- Yangtze
- Huang He (Yellow River)
- Mekong
- Pearl River
Answer: Huang He (Yellow River)
The Huang He (Yellow River) is called 'China's Sorrow' due to its history of catastrophic floods caused by silt deposition raising the riverbed. Massive dam projects like the Xiaolangdi Dam now help control flooding and generate hydropower.