| A | B |
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| loess | yellowish brown soil that blows in from the desert |
| terraces | platforms of earth that look like stairs |
| Beijing | the country's capital |
| Huang River | a river that cuts through the North China Plain |
| Huang River Valley | early civilizations made their homes near this area |
| levees | dikes that wall in the water within its riverbanks |
| double cropping | a cultivation system in wchich two crops are grown on the same land in the same year |
| Guangxi Zhungzu | a region in the southeast of China with warm climates; rugged mountain peaks |
| Tibetan Plateau | very rocky land with mountain ranges to the north and south |
| Zhuang | the largest minority group in China; many are nomads |
| Himalayas | a mountain range located on the southern border of the Tibetan Plateau |
| Roof of the World | The Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called by this... |
| Himalayas | The tallest mountain peak on earth is located here |
| climograph | an instruments that shows a place's average weather over a period of time |
| Asia | China is located in this continent |
