River Circus - Kakyokuba

...The main products are wheat from the Lanzhou Basin and the Wei River Plain, which accounts for 30-40% of the total grain production in the region, corn from the Wei River Plain, and cotton from the Dunhuang Basin. Other products include sorghum, foxtail millet, millet, naked oats, potatoes, sesame, watermelons and melons from Lanzhou and Wuwei, grapes from Lanzhou, pears, tobacco, and sericulture in the southeast. Livestock farming is carried out mainly in the grasslands of the Qilian Mountains and the Corridor Zone, where cattle, horses famous for the "river curves" in the southwest, camels, and sheep are raised, and wool, camel hair, sheepskin, and sheep intestines, which are the best in China, are produced. In addition, forest resources in the Qilian Mountains and the upper reaches of the Bailong River are also important, and special products include licorice, rhubarb, ginseng, and other medicinal herbs. ...

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…主な産物としては，この地の穀物総生産の30～40％を占める蘭州盆地や渭河平野のコムギのほか，渭河平野のトウモロコシ，敦煌盆地の綿花があげられ，また，コウリャン，アワ，キビ，青稞(ハダカエンバク)，ジャガイモ，ゴマ，蘭州や武威などのスイカやマクワウリ，同じく蘭州のブドウ，ナシ，タバコ，南東部の養蚕などがある。牧畜は祁連山麓や回廊地帯を主とする草原でおこなわれており，ウシ，南西部の〈河曲馬〉で有名なウマ，ラクダ，羊などが飼育され，羊毛，および品質中国一というラクダ毛，羊皮，羊腸衣などが産出される。なお，祁連山脈や白竜江上流域の森林資源も重要であり，また，特産物として甘草，大黄，人参その他の薬材があげられる。…

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