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三江平原

Mandarin · pinyin Sān jiāng píng yuán

Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江 Hēi lóng jiāng or Amur, Songhua 松花江 Sōng huā jiāng, Ussuri 烏蘇里江 Wū sū lǐ jiāng

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三: sān · three
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
原: yuán · source, origin, beginning

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1–1–2–2 · San1 jiang1 ping2 yuan2

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Sanjiang Plain (a plain part of the Northeast China Plain, where the Heilong Jiang (Amur), Songhua and Ussuri rivers are confluent in a vast alluvial floodplain in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province)

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