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where the "River of Golden Sand " winds its way along deep narrow gorges through
the lands of the Tibetans, of the Mantze and Lolo. East Sechuen, again, is separated
from the plains of Hupeh by the " Cross Ranges " and the ravines between Kweichew
Fig. 93. CHANNELS AND BREAKWATERS BETWEEN THE HOANO-HO AND YANG-TZE.
According to Li-fong-pao. Scale 1 : 2,675,000.
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and Icluxng, while the Nganhwei hills mark the extreme limits of the uplands and
the beginning of the lowland plains more recently conquered from the ocean.
The ranges on the East Tibetan frontier are evidently the remains of a plateau
gradually worn by the action of ice and running waters into parallel ridges
running mainly north and south. Although cut deeply into the thickness of the
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