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... Sinkiang , and Kan - te in Tsinghai . Several high- ways intersect at the southern margin of the Tsaidam Basin at Ko - erh - mu , making it a communications centre . Administration and social conditions . The provincial capital is Hsi ...
... Sinkiang , and Kan - te in Tsinghai . Several high- ways intersect at the southern margin of the Tsaidam Basin at Ko - erh - mu , making it a communications centre . Administration and social conditions . The provincial capital is Hsi ...
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... Sinkiang can be divided into five physiographic regions : the Northern Highlands , the Dzun- garian Basin , the Tien Shan ( " Celestial Mountains " ) , the Tarim Basin , and the Kunlun Mountains . These regions run roughly from east to ...
... Sinkiang can be divided into five physiographic regions : the Northern Highlands , the Dzun- garian Basin , the Tien Shan ( " Celestial Mountains " ) , the Tarim Basin , and the Kunlun Mountains . These regions run roughly from east to ...
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... Sinkiang is self - sufficient in food grains . About half of the total crop area produces winter and spring wheat . Corn ( maize ) , another important crop , is grown more in the south than in the north . Rice , kaoliang ( a variety of ...
... Sinkiang is self - sufficient in food grains . About half of the total crop area produces winter and spring wheat . Corn ( maize ) , another important crop , is grown more in the south than in the north . Rice , kaoliang ( a variety of ...
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