River Suite - Kato

Japanese: 河套 - かとう
River Suite - Kato

…It is surrounded by the Yellow River to the west, north, and east, and the Great Wall forms the border in the south. The Chinese call it Hetao, meaning the area surrounded by the Yellow River. The south is a high plateau (1,500m) and the north is a low plateau (1,000m), and most of it is dry land of desert and grassland. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Hetao" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西,北,東を黄河によって囲まれ,南は万里の長城が境界となっている。黄河にとり囲まれた地域という意味で,中国人は河套(かとう)と称する。南が高く(1500m)北が低い(1000m)高原で,大部分が砂漠と草原の乾燥地帯である。…

※「河套」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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