• plains along the Yangtze River and its major tributaries. The Yangtze Plain starts east of Yichang (Hubei province), China. The Middle Yangtze Plain is...
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    The Changjiang Plain evergreen forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0415) covers the plain of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) from where it leaves the mountains...
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    Yangtze or Yangzi (English: /ˈjæŋtsi/ or /ˈjɑːŋtsi/ simplified Chinese: 长江; traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng; lit. 'long river') is the longest...
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    the topography of the Yangtze Plain and the North China Plain, pumping stations will be needed to raise water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River crossing;...
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    Three Gorges Dam (redirect from Yangtze Dam)
    the potential for flooding downstream, which historically plagued the Yangtze Plain. In 1931, floods on the river caused the deaths of up to 4 million people...
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    Amurian, and Okhotsk Plates. It is divided by three major plains: the West Siberian Plain, Central Siberian Plateau, and Verhoyansk-Chukotka collision...
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    Anhui. Further south, the North China Plain merges with the similarly flat Yangtze Delta. The North China Plain is fertile, and it is one of the most...
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    West Siberian Plain, consisting mostly of Cenozoic alluvial deposits, is somewhat flat. In the mid-Pleistocene, many deposits on this plain resulted from...
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    Zhongyuan (redirect from Yellow River Plain)
    second tone (rising tone). North China Plain Yangtze River Delta Bohai Economic Rim Zhongyuan culture Central Plains Mandarin Huaxia Zhongyuansaurus Yeqiu...
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    Cities North China Plain Huai River Dabie Mountains Lake Chaohu Yangtze Plain Yangtze River Jiangnan Huangshan Mountains Qiantang River...
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    spoken within the province include Lower Yangtze Mandarin, Wu, Hui, Gan and small portion of Central Plains Mandarin. The name "Anhui" derives from the...
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    the northeast form a transitional terrain between the plateau and the Yangtze Plain. In the south, the Miao Range steps down to the karst hills of South...
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  • Jianghai Plain or River and Sea Plain (short for Yangtze River-Yellow Sea Plain, Chinese: 江海平原; pinyin: Jiānghǎi píngyuán), also known as Nantong Plain (南通平原)...
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    Chinese culinary traditions. Anhui cuisine consists of three styles: the Yangtze River region, Huai River region, and southern Anhui region. Anhui has ample...
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    The Yangtze Delta or Yangtze River Delta (YRD, Chinese: 长江三角洲 or simply 长三角), once known as the Shanghai Economic Zone, is a megalopolis generally comprising...
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    were concentrated in the area south of the Huai River and the Lower Yangtze Plain. At first there was the lodged Langya Commandery within lodged Fei County...
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    tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system. The river...
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    Cities North China Plain Huai River Dabie Mountains Lake Chaohu Yangtze Plain Yangtze River Jiangnan Huangshan Mountains Qiantang River...
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  • Jianghuai (redirect from Jianghuai Plain)
    pinyin: Jiānghuái) is a geographical area in China referring to the plain between the Yangtze and Huai Rivers, in the modern provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu...
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    The Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge (simplified Chinese: 武汉长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 武漢長江大橋; pinyin: Wǔhàn Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), commonly known as Wuhan First...
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    the Southern Song. The important city of Xiangyang, gateway to the Yangtze plain, capitulates to the Mongols. October 10 – Razia Sultana, daughter of...
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    conquest of the south. The important city of Xiangyang, the gateway to the Yangtze plain, which was defended by the Song general Cao Youwen, capitulated in 1236...
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    The 1935 Yangtze flood struck China during a decade of flooding, famine and social turmoil. It is considered to be the fourth deadliest flood in recorded...
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  • Cities North China Plain Huai River Dabie Mountains Lake Chaohu Yangtze Plain Yangtze River Jiangnan Huangshan Mountains Qiantang River...
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    Cities North China Plain Huai River Dabie Mountains Lake Chaohu Yangtze Plain Yangtze River Jiangnan Huangshan Mountains Qiantang River...
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    alluvial plain, fed by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, is one of the most heavily populated regions of China. The only mountains in the plain are the Taishan...
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    food supplies could be directly transported from the food-productive Yangtze plain to the farthest southwestern point of the empire. In 997, Guangnan West...
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  • 1,000 mm and a well-developed agriculture. Chaohu Plain, part of the Middle and Lower Yangtze Plain (长江中下游平原), is dominated by rice and wheat for its...
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    Pavilion Taiji Cave Zhenfeng Pagoda Culture Dialects Central Plains Mandarin Lower Yangtze Mandarin Taihu Wu dialects Xuanzhou Wu dialects Huizhou Chinese...
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    Cities North China Plain Huai River Dabie Mountains Lake Chaohu Yangtze Plain Yangtze River Jiangnan Huangshan Mountains Qiantang River...
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