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The Yang-tse, the Yellow River, and the Pei-ho

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ALTHOUGH the conclusions at which Dr. Woeikof has arrived (NATURE, vol. xxiii, p. 9) with regard to my estimations of the discharge of water and sediment of the Yang-tse and Pei-ho may militate against their being accepted as generally typical of these two rivers, I would urge that another series of observations would be of more service in either correcting or in corroborating my estimations.

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GUPPY, H. The Yang-tse, the Yellow River, and the Pei-ho. Nature 23, 99 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/023099d0

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