Where is the North China Plain? What is the North China Plain also called?

The North China Plain is an important part of the Great Plains in Eastern China. The plain has flat terrain, numerous rivers and lakes, convenient transportation, and a developed economy. It has been the political, economic, and cultural center of China since ancient times. The population and cultivated land area of ​​the plain account for about 1/5 of China. It is one of the three major plains in China. The following article will share with you where the North China Plain is and what characteristics it has.

Contents of this article

1. Where is the North China Plain?

2. What is the North China Plain also called?

3. Characteristics of the North China Plain

Where is the North China Plain?

1. The North China Plain is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

2. It starts from the Taihang Mountains and western Henan Mountains in the west, extends to the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and Shandong hills in the east, starts from the Yanshan Mountains in the north, extends to the Tongbai Mountains and Dabie Mountains in the southwest, and extends to northern Jiangsu and Anhui in the southeast, connecting with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain.

3. Extend to the territories of seven provinces and cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu.

4. The area is about 300,000 square kilometers.

5. It is mainly formed by alluvial deposits from the Yellow River, Huai River, Hai River and Luan River, so it is also called the Huanghuaihai Plain.

What is the North China Plain also called?

The North China Plain is also known as the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain.

The North China Plain is an important part of the great plains in eastern China, located between 32° and 40° north latitude and 114° and 121° east longitude.

It reaches the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain in the north, the northern side of Dabie Mountain in the south, Taihang Mountain and Funiushan Mountain in the west, Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea in the east, spanning seven provinces and municipalities including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, with an area of ​​300,000 square kilometers.

The plain has a flat terrain, many rivers and lakes, convenient transportation, and a developed economy. It has been China's political, economic, and cultural center since ancient times. The plain's population and cultivated land account for about 1/5 of China's total. China's capital, Beijing, is located in the northern part of the plain.

The North China Plain is a Cenozoic fault depression on the North China Platform. In the late Tertiary and Quaternary periods, a large continuous plain was formed. At the same time, the fault block mountains on the edge of the plain were relatively uplifted, and the outline of the large plain became increasingly clear. In the Cenozoic era, it sank relatively and received thicker sediments, with local sediments reaching up to a thousand meters.

Characteristics of the North China Plain

The North China Plain is characterized by low terrain, with most of the area below 50 meters above sea level, and the eastern coastal plain below 10 meters above sea level. It slopes slightly from west to east. It is a Cenozoic fault depression area on the North China platform. It is one of the three major plains in China and an important part of the Eastern China Plain, part of which is in the Bohai-North China Basin.

The North China Plain is mainly formed by the alluvial deposits of the Yellow River, Haihe River and Luanhe River. The lower reaches of the Yellow River naturally run across the middle of the country, and are divided into two parts: the Huaibei Plain in the south and the Haihe Plain in the north. Over the past century, the Yellow River has reclaimed 2,300 square kilometers of land here. The plain is also constantly extending to the ocean, with the Yellow River Delta area extending the fastest, at an average of 2 to 3 kilometers per year.