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The Wei River valley has a continental climate, with hot summers and cool, dry winters. It sits between the arid steppes and deserts to the north and the forests of the
Qingling mountains. Its natural vegetation would be a steppe-forest, but it has been transformed by human activity and is mostly
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in 1960 caused extensive sedimentation problems in the lower reaches of the Wei river. The construction of the
Baojixia diversion works in 1972 and the creation of the Baojixia Irrigation District, with 128,000 hectares (490 sq mi) of cropland under irrigation have resulted in reduced
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around its headwaters in Gansu has numerous Stone Age sites from various early cultures. The Wei Valley is likely the earliest center of
Chinese civilization, and also the location of China's first major irrigation works. Some Chinese historians now believe the Wei is the ancient
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September 2003 extensive rainfall led to flooding that caused over 30 fatalities, and temporarily displaced over 300,000 people. Ecological aspects of the Wei River have been examined with respect to flow rates in the Wei River.
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and the Wei River to quench his burning thirst as he pursued the Sun. The valley of the Wei was one of the early cradles of
Chinese civilization, along which the
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Qingyuan River (清源河) less than 1.6 km (0.99 mi) away from a headwater of Manba River, a main tributary of the
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As "China's natural gateway" to the west, the headwaters of the Wei River are also notable in the development of the
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Exogamic Clans in the Organization of the Zhou Polity".
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Summary of the story given in the definition of "夸父追日" in
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of Tianshui) east of the city, the Wei River enters the
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