See also:

• YABLONOI, or YABLONOVOI (" Apple Mountains," known to the Mongols as Dynze-daban)

YABLONOI, or YABLONOVOI (" See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

Apple Mountains," known to the See also:

• MONGOLS

Mongols as Dynze-daban)  , a range of E . See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia, stretching N.E. from near the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the See also:

• RIVER

river Kerulen (N.E. of See also:

• URGA (the Russian form of the Mongol Orgo = palace of a high official)

Urga in N . See also:

• MONGOLIA

Mongolia) to the See also:

• BEND

bend of the river Olekma in 56° N., and forming the S.E. border See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of the upper See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of Central and E . See also:

• ASIA

Asia . Its summits reach altitudes of 5000-6000 ft., culminating in See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Sokhondo (8040 ft.) near the Transbaikal-Mongolia frontier . The range serves as the See also:

• WATER

water-parting between the streams which flow to the Pacific and those which flow to the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Ocean, and is a dividing See also:

• LINE

line between the Siberian and the Daurian See also:

• FLORA

flora . The passes have altitudes of 2000-3500 ft . The range is a continuation of the Kentei Mountains of Mongolia, but is not orographically connected with the Stanovoi Mountains, farther to the N.E., though the names See also:

• YABLONOI, or YABLONOVOI (" Apple Mountains," known to the Mongols as Dynze-daban)

Yablonoi and Stanovoi are commonly used alternatively . The latter are the S.E. border-range of the See also:

• LOWER

lower terrace and are connected with the Great See also:

• KHINGAN

Khingan Mountains . YACHOW-FU, a prefectural See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Szech'uen, See also:

• CHINA

China, in 30° N., See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

roe E.; pop. about 40,000 . It is situated in a valley on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the river Ya, where See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea is grown . The See also:

• TOWN

town owes its importance to the fact that it stands at the parting of the tea and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade route to See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet via See also:

• TACHIENLU

Tachienlu and the See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton trade route to See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Yun-nan via Ningyuen-Fu .

The city See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall See also:

• MEASURES

measures 2 M. in circumference, and is pierced by four See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates . Yachow-Fu is first mentioned during the Chow See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty (1122-255 B.C.) .