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| Songhua River Valley, Northeast China: This early December (1998) view of the Songhua River shows snow in the floodplain of the river, with its numerous meandering scroll-bar features, and numerous, angular farms on the flat country to the north of the river (top). The smaller Tongken River enters the picture top right and joins the Songhua on the right margin (center). The major industrial and coal mining city of Harbin lies just outside the view center right. It is not clear why small rectangular communities in the farmland are consistently snow-free, although the existence of trees in these small centers may explain why the snow is less apparent. It appears that the snow-free lower part of the view lay immediately beyond the track of the snow storm which affected the rest of the scene. |
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