LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ed with a series ofmountain-chains running parallel to the sea. The most Wes-tern of these, the Tayû-ling ;;;^ j^ -^7 forms the limit betweenFokien |g ^ and Kiangsi ^ gf. The summits of these chainsgenerally exceed 3,000 feet, and attain near Chêkiang f^ fXieven an elevation of 9,000 feet. The surface rises in ge-neral from E. to W. Thus Yenping Fu JŒ 2p ^ is 00to 600 feet higher than Foochow |ig j\\ J^, but even alongthe coast, there are a few summits which reach over
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . ed with a series ofmountain-chains running parallel to the sea. The most Wes-tern of these, the Tayû-ling ;;;^ j^ -^7 forms the limit betweenFokien |g ^ and Kiangsi ^ gf. The summits of these chainsgenerally exceed 3,000 feet, and attain near Chêkiang f^ fXieven an elevation of 9,000 feet. The surface rises in ge-neral from E. to W. Thus Yenping Fu JŒ 2p ^ is 00to 600 feet higher than Foochow |ig j\\ J^, but even alongthe coast, there are a few summits which reach over 3,000feet. Climate. — The climate of Fokien is semi-tropical in the Eastern portion ofthe Province, and the thermometer rarely falls there below 32° Fahrenheit. In theWestern part, the climate is temperate and even very cold during Winter. 220 SECTION III. THE SOUTHERN REGION. Hydrography. — A large river, the Min-kian{/ ^^ ^,with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Fokien %% ^.Several coast-rivers irrigate the N. E. and S. E. The affluentsof the IIan-kiang||:fX water the S. Western part of the FOOCiTOw m :IH M ^^nd the min river fk^ ^. The MinJciang ^ ^ or Snake river. This river is for-med by three principal tributaries which unite near YenpingFu ^ ^ ^. These are : 1 the KienJcH ^ ^, which comesfrom the N. E., and passes through Kienning Fu 5É W ^ î 2the ShaoumkH ^[5 ^ ^, which comes from the W., and runsthrough the Prefecture of the same name ; 3 the NinghwakH^ {.{j î^, coming in from the S. W., running near thedistrict city of the same name, and after a bend towards theS., taking again a Northerly direction. The largest of thesetributaries is the KienJcH, which, almost from its source nearChêkiang ^ fx., is navigable for small boats, despite the rapidsand rocks that obstruct it. Fairly large-sized craft, calledtea-boats, can go as far up as Kienning Fu 5J ^ ^, in the flood-season. Those three rivers, like their tributaries, swell rapidlyin the
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