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Page 978
... Yangtze Delta and the North China Plain . Given the larger estimated popula- tion of 84,000,000 , it has an average density of over 717 persons per square mile . The population , however , is unevenly distributed . About 95 percent of ...
... Yangtze Delta and the North China Plain . Given the larger estimated popula- tion of 84,000,000 , it has an average density of over 717 persons per square mile . The population , however , is unevenly distributed . About 95 percent of ...
Page 980
... Yangtze Gorges in the east , the treacherous Chang Tao road across the moun- tains in the north , and the deep canyons and swift cur- rents of the Ta - tu Ho and Chin - sha Chiang in the west . Since the 1950s , both the central ...
... Yangtze Gorges in the east , the treacherous Chang Tao road across the moun- tains in the north , and the deep canyons and swift cur- rents of the Ta - tu Ho and Chin - sha Chiang in the west . Since the 1950s , both the central ...
Page 1048
... Yangtze River . Developments in alchemical and other traditions . A region exposed comparatively lately to Chinese influence , this southeastern area had long been famous for its ab- original sorcerers and dancing mediums . In the ...
... Yangtze River . Developments in alchemical and other traditions . A region exposed comparatively lately to Chinese influence , this southeastern area had long been famous for its ab- original sorcerers and dancing mediums . In the ...
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