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... Yangtze by a wide neck at Hu - k'ou , a short distance east of the Yangtze port of Chiu - chiang . In summer , when the Yangtze rises , P'o- yang Hu gains in size and depth : its area then covers about 1,800 square miles ( 90 miles long ...
... Yangtze by a wide neck at Hu - k'ou , a short distance east of the Yangtze port of Chiu - chiang . In summer , when the Yangtze rises , P'o- yang Hu gains in size and depth : its area then covers about 1,800 square miles ( 90 miles long ...
Page 462
... Yangtze River into two sections , Chiang - nan ( south of the river ) and Sü - pei ( northern Kiangsu ) . Chiang - nan forms a part of the Yangtze Delta and is fertile and well watered , famed for its silk and handicraft , and very ...
... Yangtze River into two sections , Chiang - nan ( south of the river ) and Sü - pei ( northern Kiangsu ) . Chiang - nan forms a part of the Yangtze Delta and is fertile and well watered , famed for its silk and handicraft , and very ...
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... Yangtze and the ancient channel of the Huai Ho is what Chinese geographers call the Yangtze- Huai Ho plain , built by the alluvium of the two rivers . The centre of this plain is only 6.5 to 13 feet above sea level , while its periphery ...
... Yangtze and the ancient channel of the Huai Ho is what Chinese geographers call the Yangtze- Huai Ho plain , built by the alluvium of the two rivers . The centre of this plain is only 6.5 to 13 feet above sea level , while its periphery ...
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