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Page 180
... Chekiang , mountains occupy 93 percent of the land sur- face , while another 1 percent consists of low hills . Only 6 percent is level land , distributed along Hang - chou Bay and the Fu - ch'un and Ta river valleys in southern Chekiang ...
... Chekiang , mountains occupy 93 percent of the land sur- face , while another 1 percent consists of low hills . Only 6 percent is level land , distributed along Hang - chou Bay and the Fu - ch'un and Ta river valleys in southern Chekiang ...
Page 181
... Chekiang , in the Yangtze Delta and on the southern shore of Hang - chou Bay . About four - fifths of Chekiang's arable land is irrigated one of the highest ratios in eastern or southern Asia- and about two - thirds of the arable land ...
... Chekiang , in the Yangtze Delta and on the southern shore of Hang - chou Bay . About four - fifths of Chekiang's arable land is irrigated one of the highest ratios in eastern or southern Asia- and about two - thirds of the arable land ...
Page 182
... Chekiang later formed a part of the kingdom of Wu ( 220- 280 ) . During the T'ang ( 618-907 ) and Sung ( 960-1279 ) dynasties , Chekiang was divided into Che - hsi ( Western Chekiang ) and Che - t'ung ( Eastern Chekiang ) , which be ...
... Chekiang later formed a part of the kingdom of Wu ( 220- 280 ) . During the T'ang ( 618-907 ) and Sung ( 960-1279 ) dynasties , Chekiang was divided into Che - hsi ( Western Chekiang ) and Che - t'ung ( Eastern Chekiang ) , which be ...
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