LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . titution, — In Fokien jjjg ^ and Chê-kiang ^ ^, and also in the Kwangtung ^ ^ region, porphyry,granite, schist and sandstone are predominant. Elsewhere, largetracts of limestone of the secondary period cover the primaryformation, which but rarely emerges veined here and there withgranite and porphyry. The limestone, curiously excavated andfurrowed, imparts to this region a peculiar and characteristicaspect. There is no yellow land or loess, and few alluvialdeposits exce
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . titution, — In Fokien jjjg ^ and Chê-kiang ^ ^, and also in the Kwangtung ^ ^ region, porphyry,granite, schist and sandstone are predominant. Elsewhere, largetracts of limestone of the secondary period cover the primaryformation, which but rarely emerges veined here and there withgranite and porphyry. The limestone, curiously excavated andfurrowed, imparts to this region a peculiar and characteristicaspect. There is no yellow land or loess, and few alluvialdeposits except in the Si-kiang ^ ^x delta. Orograpliy.— To the W. is a series of table-lands slopingfrom W. to E. Along the sea-coast, a well-marked chain ofmountains establishes a definite limit between the tributaries ofthe Yangtze ^^ ^ fji and of the Si-kiang H Ùl o ^^^ ^^^ S^^--and those of the coast-rivers on the other. In the N., is theNan-shan |^ ^Ij or Nun-ling ^ -^ range. CHAPTER I. THE SI-KIANG VALLEY AND THE COAST-RIVERS. 169 GEOLOGICAL SKETCH-MAP OF THE CHINESE PROVINCES BORDERING ON TONGKING. From M. A. Leclè Lower .TuraRsic. Triasbic anT^^pper Periniai I I Df voiijai TTpppv Carboniferous and Lower Permian. )OUS. an. V Silurian andCambrian. Granite. 170 SECTION in. THE SOUTHERN REGION. Climate. — The climate, semi-tropical in the low-lyingvalleys and the low regions, becomes mild and liable to fewvariations upon the high table-lnnds of Yunnan ^ ^^ In general,it is damper than in the two other regions, and the Summerrains are more prominent there. However the variation is greataccording to the altitude, and frequently even in the same Pro-vince, as we shall see when describing Yiinnan. Hydrograpliy. — A large number of rivers are found inthis region, but one only deserves a special study: the Si-TciangH j»lQ, for it waters four Provinces of China. We shall studythe others when describing the Provinces which they Min-kiang [^ Jï belon
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