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korean peninsula
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an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan
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archipelago
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a large group or chain of islands
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gobi
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a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia
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huang he
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a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai
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loess
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loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia
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chang jiang
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a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea
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taiwan
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a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait
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monsoon
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the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter
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typhoon
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tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas
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