Plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze
The plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River ( 长江 中下游 平原 , Cháng Jiāng Zhōng Xiàyóu Píngyuán ) consists of several larger and smaller plains, which are located along the Yangtze River from its Three Gorges to the east.
The northern part of the plain is south of the Huaiyang Hill Country and Huanghuai Plain , the southern part is north of the Jiangnan Hill Country and the Zhejiang-Fujian Hill Country . It consists of alluvial areas of the Yangtze and its tributaries. It has an area of approximately 200,000 square kilometers.
The plain stretches across several provinces: the east of Hubei Province , north Hunan , south Anhui , north Jiangxi , north Zhejiang , much of Jiangsu and the city of Shanghai . It is the largest of the three great Chinese plains.
The plain on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze is composed of four parts: on the middle of the Yangtze are (1.) the Lianghu Plain (in the south of Hubei Province and in the north of Hunan Province ) and (2.) the Poyang- level around the Poyang lake in the province of Jiangxi ; on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River lie (3rd) the Central Anhui Plain in the middle of Anhui Province and (4th) the Yangtze River Delta between the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang .
The densely populated plain is relatively flat and most of it is deeper than fifty meters. The hill country in its south and north merges into the mountain ranges of the Lu Shan , Huang Shan , Tianmu Shan and Dabie Shan mountains . Because there are numerous lakes and rivers in it - the large freshwater lakes Dongting Hu , Poyang Hu , Tai Hu , Chao Hu and Hong Hu are located in it - it is also called the "land of rivers and lakes" (Shuixiang zeguo).
The soil of the plain is very fertile, it is one of the most important cultivation areas in China. It is rice , cotton , wheat , canola grown and sericulture operated water products are fish, crabs, water chestnuts, lotus seeds and roots and reeds. Major cities are Hangzhou , Hefei , Nanchang , Nanjing , Shanghai and Wuhan .
literature
- Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
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Footnotes
- ↑ Huaiyang Qiuling 淮阳 丘陵
- ↑ Jiangnan Qiuling 江南 丘陵
- ↑ Zhemin Qiuling 浙闽 丘陵
- ^ Cihai , p. 179.
- ↑ Lianghu Pingyuan 两湖平原
- ↑ Poyang Pingyuan 鄱阳 平原
- ↑ Wanzhong Pingyuan 皖 中 平原
- ↑ Chang Jiang Sanjiaozhou 长江 三角洲
- ↑ Cultural Studies China - Levels ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
