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geography of Shaanxi

• In Shaanxi: Relief and drainage

  This valley is a major geological trough, bounded on the south by a vast complex of faults and fractures along the base of the Qin Mountains; it is a zone of considerable seismic instability, especially vulnerable to earthquakes. The northern border of the Wei River trench…

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• In Shaanxi: Climate of the Shaanxi

  The Wei River valley has a much drier and somewhat colder climate. Average winter temperatures are about 32 °F (0 °C), and the frost-free period lasts for about 240 days. Total precipitation is between 20 and 25 inches (500 to 640 mm), mostly falling between May…

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• In Shaanxi: Transportation

  Since prehistoric times, the Wei River valley has formed part of the main east-west route running from the North China Plain in the east to the Hexi (Gansu) Corridor and the steppelands in the west. Xi’an is a natural transport hub. There the great east-west route of the Silk…

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importance to Zhou people

• In China: The history of the Zhou (1046–256 bce)

  …in the valley of the Wei River in the present province of Shaanxi. The fertility of the loess soil there apparently made a great impression on these people, who had already been engaged in farming when they entered their new homeland. A walled city was built, and a new nation…

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significance in early Chinese history

• In Wei River

  Historically, the Wei River valley was the earliest centre of Chinese civilization and until the 10th century ad was the site of a succession of capital cities. The area around the junction of the Jing and the Wei rivers was also the site of the first ambitious…

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