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130 °
140 °
CHINA PROPER
R U S S
POPULATION
Canal
Railroad
50,000-250,000
250,000-1,000,000
1,000,000-5,000,000
Over 5,000,000
INLAND WATERWAYS
Ocean-going ships
Large river steamers
Small river steamers
Steamboats
National capital is underlined
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200
400
600
800 Kilometers
100
0
200
300
400 Miles
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Hohh ot
Zha
Baotou
Ordos
Desert
Shijiazhuang
Ta iyuan
Loess
P lateau
A nyang
Xiaolangdi
Dam
Zh engzh ou
Baoji
Luoya ng
Xian
Na nyang
Ben
ng
H eife i
Three Gorges Dam
Wuh a
ong
Yichang
Gezhou Dam
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Heng yang
ang
Gan zhou
Guilin
Shaog uan
hou
G uang zh
Wuzhou
Zhuhai
Sh e nzh
Lower
Xi Basin
Macau
Xia ng
(Hon g
Zhanjiang
H aikou
Hainan
Isla nd
100 °
110 °
Longitude East of Greenwich
120 °
130 °
Figure 11-15
Cities and inland waterways in China proper . Here you can see that China' s major cities
stretch from the northeastern rust belt to the North China Plain, and along the coast to Guang-
dong Province. Other major cities are situated on or near China' s major rivers—the Huang He
and the Y angzi. Note that the Y angzi is the major navigable river . Y ou can also see the location
of the famous Three Gorges Dam. From H. J. de Blij and P . O. Muller, Geography: Realms, Regions
and Concepts, 14th edition, 2010, p. 484. Originally rendered in color. Reprinted with permission of
John Wiley & Sons.
 
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