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... major topographic zones : fingerlike mountain ranges that thrust into the northern and western areas from Siberia ; the intermon- tane basins between them ; and the enormous plateau and desert region in the south and east . There are ...
... major topographic zones : fingerlike mountain ranges that thrust into the northern and western areas from Siberia ; the intermon- tane basins between them ; and the enormous plateau and desert region in the south and east . There are ...
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... major cultural bound- ary . As a human boundary it played almost as important a role as the Tsinling Mountains in the north ( which run west to east from Kansu to Shensi provinces ) , though it is a compara- tively small - scale ...
... major cultural bound- ary . As a human boundary it played almost as important a role as the Tsinling Mountains in the north ( which run west to east from Kansu to Shensi provinces ) , though it is a compara- tively small - scale ...
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... major roles in the econ- omy . Nanking is an important commercial port in the Yangtze River delta , second only to Shanghai , and serves as a hub for trade be- tween the north and south . The layout of Nanking resembles a gourd , with ...
... major roles in the econ- omy . Nanking is an important commercial port in the Yangtze River delta , second only to Shanghai , and serves as a hub for trade be- tween the north and south . The layout of Nanking resembles a gourd , with ...
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