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Page 172
... Huai River . Its many left - bank tributaries rise in the western mountains and flow eastward across Honan Province into Anhwei . The shorter right - bank tributaries rise in the Ta- pieh Mountains . The Huai flows across the level ...
... Huai River . Its many left - bank tributaries rise in the western mountains and flow eastward across Honan Province into Anhwei . The shorter right - bank tributaries rise in the Ta- pieh Mountains . The Huai flows across the level ...
Page 173
... Huai - nan ; Pang - pu ; and Wu - hu . Towns of lesser importance are An - ch'ing , the former provincial capital ... Huai Basin to the north , and - more importantly - rice is grown in the Yangtze Basin to the south . In the relatively ...
... Huai - nan ; Pang - pu ; and Wu - hu . Towns of lesser importance are An - ch'ing , the former provincial capital ... Huai Basin to the north , and - more importantly - rice is grown in the Yangtze Basin to the south . In the relatively ...
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... Huai formerly caused widespread floods during the high- water season , but a water - control project has permanently restricted the high waters of the Huai . North of the old channel of the Huai is the Suchow- Huai plain , built of the ...
... Huai formerly caused widespread floods during the high- water season , but a water - control project has permanently restricted the high waters of the Huai . North of the old channel of the Huai is the Suchow- Huai plain , built of the ...
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