North China Plain
The North China Plain or North China Lowland (华北平原, Huáběi píngyuán, also called 黄淮海平原, Huánghuáihǎi píngyuán) is located on the lower reaches of the Yellow River in northern eastern China.
It is connected to the plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and covers the area of the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu: From the Taihang Mountains (太行山) and Funiu Mountains (伏牛山) (which is part of the West Henan Mountains (Yuxi Shandi)) in the west to the coasts of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea (Bo Hai) and the ShandongHills area (山东丘陵) in the east, and from the Yanshan Mountains (燕山) in the north to the Tongbai Mountains (铜柏山) and Dabie Mountains (大别山) in the southwest, and to northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui in the southeast. It is connected to the Jianghuai Plain (江淮平原) in Jiangsu and Anhui.
With its area of about 310,000 square kilometers, it is the second largest plain of China's three great plains.
It consists mainly of alluvial deposits of the rivers Yellow River, Huai He, Hai He and Luan He is therefore also called by the names of these rivers. The lowlands are mostly lower than 50 meters. The lower reaches of the Yellow River run through its middle section, dividing it into southern and northern parts: the northern one belongs to the Hai He River basin and is called the Haihe Plain 海河平原 or Hebei Plain; the southern one belongs to the Yellow River and Huai He River basins and is called the Huanghuai Plain (黄淮平原).
The North China Plain is very fertile. Winters are cold, summers are hot, spring and autumn are of short duration. It is an important agricultural area. The main crops are wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts and tobacco. In terms of mineral resources, there are oil deposits. Salt is extracted on the coast.
Important cities are Beijing, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Tianjin, Xuzhou and Zhengzhou.
The North China Plain in Winter
See also
- Northeast China Plain
- List of Chinese levels
Footnotes
- ↑ "Huanghuaihai" here refers to the Yellow River, Huai He and Hai He rivers.
- ↑ In the south of the Huai He and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
- ↑ Cihai, p. 694
- ↑ a b China - Plains (Memento of the original on 21 February 2016 in the Internet Archive) Info:
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