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Page 190
... plain of Taiwan . It lies at the foot of the A - li Mountains , on Taiwan's main north - south rail and highway routes . Narrow- gauge branch railways built by the Japanese ( who occupied Taiwan from 1895 to 1945 ) run from Chia - i to ...
... plain of Taiwan . It lies at the foot of the A - li Mountains , on Taiwan's main north - south rail and highway routes . Narrow- gauge branch railways built by the Japanese ( who occupied Taiwan from 1895 to 1945 ) run from Chia - i to ...
Page 260
... plains spread out along the Somjin ( 132 miles [ 212 km ] ) , Yongsan ( 72 miles [ 116 km ] ) , and Tamjin ( 25 miles ... plain , one of the largest granaries in the country , produces rice , barley , cotton , hemp , and paper mul- berry ...
... plains spread out along the Somjin ( 132 miles [ 212 km ] ) , Yongsan ( 72 miles [ 116 km ] ) , and Tamjin ( 25 miles ... plain , one of the largest granaries in the country , produces rice , barley , cotton , hemp , and paper mul- berry ...
Page 979
... plain that is composed of stream - borne sediments deposited by a river at its mouth . Some 2,500 years ago , Herodotus recognized that the land bounded by the sea- ward - diverging distributary branches of the Nile and the sea was ...
... plain that is composed of stream - borne sediments deposited by a river at its mouth . Some 2,500 years ago , Herodotus recognized that the land bounded by the sea- ward - diverging distributary branches of the Nile and the sea was ...
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