Answer:
The correct answer is D. The Yellow River (Huang He River) does not contain as many cities along its banks as other rivers in China because it is plagued by rapid currents and constant flooding.
Explanation:
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China, being 5,464 kilometers long. Only the Yangtze River is longer. The river gets its name from its water, which carries with it abundant sediments that turn the river water yellowish brown.
During China's long history, the Yellow River has flooded several times, causing considerable damage. The change in the river bed has also caused damage. During the Yuan Dynasty, the channel changed from flooding from northern Shangdong to southern Shangdong to an area of about 7,800 square kilometers. Between 1853 and 1855, the floodings returned to northern Shangdong, destroying large areas of agricultural land. During World War II, Kuomintang troops led by Chiang Kai-shek crushed the Yellow River’s protective ramparts to slow the advance of Japanese troops. The river flooded a large area and killed 800,000 people. No more devastating floods have been experienced since the completion of the dam and irrigation projects that began in the mid-1970s and 1950s.
