. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. eone series of ranges runs east along the southern edge ofthe Wei valley plains, and another strikes south-east rightacross the Han basin and causes the succession of gorgesthrough which the Han River flows from below Yang Hsiento the Hupei border; between these two series of rangeslies the red plateau of Lonan and the headwaters of theHonan Lo. West of Taipai Shan there is a similar split,one series of ranges running west into Kansu as the YangtzuYellow River divide, and anot
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. eone series of ranges runs east along the southern edge ofthe Wei valley plains, and another strikes south-east rightacross the Han basin and causes the succession of gorgesthrough which the Han River flows from below Yang Hsiento the Hupei border; between these two series of rangeslies the red plateau of Lonan and the headwaters of theHonan Lo. West of Taipai Shan there is a similar split,one series of ranges running west into Kansu as the YangtzuYellow River divide, and another running south-west as thewatershed between the Han andChialing rivers. From Taipai 28 FROM TUNGKUAN TO HSINGAN [ch. ii Shan itself streams flow down in all directions. The Chineseapply the name Chinling strictly speaking only to the passesin the Yangtzu Yellow River watershed range. The mass ofmountains which fill up the whole of Southern Shensi fromsouth of the Wei River to the Szechuan border, and throughwhich the Han flows in a deep and narrow trough, are uni-versally known locally as the Nan Shan. PLATE V. CHAITZU (hill fort) ON THE CHtENYU RIVER .tJigi»^sr -^ - --<^mpm^
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