Meaning of Kin Sha Kiang | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“From Tsaidam, apparently, the travellers cross the range to which Prejevalsky gave the name of Marco Polo so as to strike the upper sources of the Kin Sha Kiang, which river they hope to follow to Batang, the Chinese frontier post on the main road from Pekin to Lhassa.”

“This river flows direct to the S.-E.; not only do the waters of Shuh run into this river, but even those of the Kin Sha Kiang (金沙江) join it at Sui Fu (叙府).”

“The 5th “Red” army corps is also making for Wuting while the 9th “Red” army corps is preparing bamboo rafts for crossing the Kin Sha Kiang (River) northwards to invade south-western Szechuan.”

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