Citations:Mohe

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English citations of Mohe

  • [1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], “Land and People”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China]‎[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
    The distance from north to south is about 5,500 kilometres, extending over 49 degrees in latitude from the middle of the Heilungkiang River around Moho to the neighbourhood of the Tsengmu Reef at latitude 4° N.]
  • 2014, David Eimer, The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China[2], Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 282:
    Only in 2008 did the two countries agree on the border, which tracks the Amur River as it wiggles east for almost 3,000 kilometres from just west of Mohe, China’s most northerly town, towards the Sea of Japan.
  • 2018 April 9, “China blows up ice on Amur River”, in EFE[3], archived from the original on 27 June 2022:
    China used dynamite on a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) section of the Amur River, bordering Russia, to break up the ice sheets covering it and avoid accidents when it melts, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. []
    The initiative was carried out near the city of Mohe, the northernmost locality of China, where temperatures sometimes fall as low as -50 degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit).
  • 2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters[4], archived from the original on 08 May 2022, China‎[5]:
    In a two-storey wooden house with about 100 Father Christmas dolls, the white-bearded figure in a red suit writes down seasonal wishes with a quill and poses with tourists at the theme park on the outskirts of Mohe, China's northernmost city. []
    Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969.
    For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa.
    "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China.