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Page 47
... North China ( north of the Tsin- ling Mountains - Huai River line ) , with its flat relief and long history of agriculture , contains almost two - thirds of China's cultivated land ; paradoxically , because of scanty and erratic ...
... North China ( north of the Tsin- ling Mountains - Huai River line ) , with its flat relief and long history of agriculture , contains almost two - thirds of China's cultivated land ; paradoxically , because of scanty and erratic ...
Page 48
... North China . In summer , when the tropical air mass predominates , the frontal zone between the two shifts northward ; as a result , North China receives heavier rainfall . When the southeastern monsoon slackens , however , the frontal ...
... North China . In summer , when the tropical air mass predominates , the frontal zone between the two shifts northward ; as a result , North China receives heavier rainfall . When the southeastern monsoon slackens , however , the frontal ...
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... North America Subduction of the Pacific Plate Origin The Himalayan chain The. is northwesterly parallel to the coast of Peru . The fold and thrust belt east of the Cordillera Oriental is narrower than that farther south but is well ...
... North America Subduction of the Pacific Plate Origin The Himalayan chain The. is northwesterly parallel to the coast of Peru . The fold and thrust belt east of the Cordillera Oriental is narrower than that farther south but is well ...
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