What is referred to as the Sorrow of China ___________?
Correct answer: C. The Yellow River
- A. Taklamakan Desert
- B. Tibetan region
- C. The Yellow River
- D. Nie Mongol
Explanation
The Yellow River is known as the “Sorrow of China” because its severe flooding has repeatedly caused great loss of life and property. The name refers to the river’s destructive floods, not to a desert or region.
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