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geography of China

• In Shanxi: Relief

  The Fen River valley comprises a chain of linked, loess-filled basins that crosses the plateau from northeast to southwest. The largest of the valley’s basins is the 100-mile- (160-km-) long Taiyuan Basin. North of Taiyuan are three detached basins, which are areas of cultivation. Farther north the Datong…

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prehistoric civilization

• In Linfen

  The Fen River valley was one of the earliest centres of Chinese civilization, being the site of well-developed prehistoric (Paleolithic and Neolithic) cultures and of Shang (c. 1600–1046 bce) settlements. The antiquity of Linfen was proverbial, even in early times, when it was believed to have…

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