FTP, name this river which is known as "The Sorrow of China" because of its frequent and devastating floods.
Rising in the Kunlun Mountains, this river flows northeast, makes a U-turn south through Inner Mongolia, and northeast again to the sea. In 1949, the river underwent a major course change, and it now empties into the Gulf of Zhili, rather than 250 miles away on the other side of the Shandong Peninsula. It has the fastest growing delta in the world, thanks to the loess (LOW-ess) soil it passes through. FTP, name this river which is known as "The Sorrow of China" because of its frequent and devastating floods.
Rising in the Kunlun Mountains, this river flows northeast, makes a U-turn south through Inner Mongolia, and northeast again to the sea.
{Yellow} River or {Hwang Ho} or {Huang He}