Yinchuan Plain

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Yinchuan Plain
Chinese
银川平原
CountryChina[1]
Alternative namesNingxia Plain
Xitao Plain

Yinchuan Plain

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.[6]

Since ancient times, Yinchuan Plain has been well developed in irrigation agriculture, so it has been hailed as the "southern type of scene in the northern frontier" (塞上江南)[7] and "the barn in the northern frontier" (塞上谷仓). [8]

Yinchuan Plain is the largest plain in

Northwest China.[9] It is a Cenozoic fault basin covered by about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits.[10]

Geography

Yinchuan Plain is located on the

Ningxia, China, with Shizuishan in the north, Loess Plateau in the south, the Ordos Plateau in the east, and the Helan Mountains in the west.[11]

Irrigation

Yinchuan Plain has a history of more than 2000 years of diverting water from the Yellow River for irrigation.[12]

References

  1. S2CID 231940514
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  2. ^ Desertification Control Bulletin. United Nations Environment Programme. 2000. pp. 64–.
  3. ISBN 978-7-119-00463-1
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  4. ISBN 978-7-01-007113-8
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  5. ISBN 978-7-5326-1743-2
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  6. Sciences Press
    . 1983. pp. 171–.
  7. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2011.10.017
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  8. ISBN 978-7-5031-0999-7
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  9. ISBN 978-7-105-08605-4
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  10. S2CID 158562330
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  11. ISBN 978-7-5000-6212-7
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  12. S2CID 128732860
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