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Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of 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.