Northeast China Plain
Coordinates: 45 ° N , 125 ° E
The Northeast China Plain ( 东北 平原 , Dongbei pingyuan ) or Songliao Plain ( 松辽 平原 , Song-Liao pingyuan ) is located in northeast China between the Great Hinggan Mountains , the Small Hinggan Mountains and the Changbai Mountains . It extends from the central reaches of the Nen Jiang ( 嫩江 Nonni) in the north to the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea in the south over a length of about 1000 kilometers, its greatest width in east-west direction is 400 kilometers. With an area of 350,000 square kilometers, it is the largest of the three great plains in China. It was mainly created by the flooding of the Liao He ( 辽河 ), Songhua Jiang ( 松花江 Sungari) and Nen Jiang rivers .
Three parts
The Northeast China Plain consists of the following three parts: (1.) the Songnen plain in the river basin of the Songhua Jiang and the Nen Jiang (Nonni), (2.) the Liaohe plain in the catchment area of the Liao He and (3.) the Sanjiang Plain ("Three Rivers Plain" in the area of the confluence of the Songhua Jiang, Ussuri and Heilong Jiang (Amur) rivers . Most of the plain is lower than 200 meters, the relative height is between 20 and 50 meters. Located near Changchun the watershed of the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) and Liao He rivers. South of it it is called the Liaohe Plain, north of it the Songnen Plain.
climate
Summers are warm and rainy, and winter temperatures are low with long periods of cold. Spring is very short.
Agriculture
The black earth soil is very fertile. Mainly soybeans , sorghum , wheat , rice , sugar beet and rapeseed are grown. It is now the most important agricultural area in China.
Natural resources
There are mineral oil and coal deposits , and salt is extracted from the coast .
places
Important places in the North China Plain are Anshan , Changchun , Daqing , Fushun , Fuxin , Harbin , Jilin , Qiqihar and Shenyang .
literature
- Cihai. (“Sea of Words”), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
See also
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Footnotes
- ^ Cihai , p. 356.
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