Which river is called the 'Sorrow of China'?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river is called the 'Sorrow of China'?” The correct answer is Yellow River (Huang He). The Yellow River (Huang He) in China is called the 'Sorrow of China' because of its devastating floods. This question tests whether students know which Indian rivers have similar nicknames (Kosi = Sorrow of Bihar, Damodar = Sorrow of Bengal, Mahanadi = Sorrow of Odisha). A river system includes its source, tributaries, distributaries, drainage basin, watershed, channel, floodplain, delta or estuary and final outlet. River behaviour depends on relief, geology, rainfall, snowmelt, sediment load, vegetation and human intervention.