Yinchuan Plain

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

Yinchuan Plain[2] (simplified Chinese: 银川平原; traditional Chinese: 銀川平原; pinyin: Yínchuān píngyuán), also called the Yinchuan–Wuzhong Plain[3] or Xitao Plain (西套平原)[4] or Ningxia Plain (宁夏平原),[5] is a plain located in the north central part of 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 Ningxia and an important commercial grain base in Northwest China.[9] It is a Cenozoic fault basin covered by about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits.[10]

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  3. ^ China Provincial Geography. Foreign Languages Press. 1992. pp. 458–. ISBN 978-7-119-00463-1.
  4. ^ Yang Liao (2008). Xixia Geographic Studies: Explorations in Frontier Historical Geography. People's Publishing House. pp. 298–. ISBN 978-7-01-007113-8.
  5. ^ Chinese Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Geographical Names. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. 2005. pp. 2702–. ISBN 978-7-5326-1743-2.
  6. ^ Soil Bulletin, Volume 15. Sciences Press. 1983. pp. 171–.
  7. ^ Wei, Wang; Hui, Qian (2011). "Research on the Countermeasures of the Reduction in Water Transfer from the Yellow River in Yinchuan Plain, China". Procedia Environmental Sciences. 8: 97–102. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2011.10.017.
  8. ^ China Map Press (1992). The Atlas of the People's Republic of China by Province. SinoMaps Press. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-7-5031-0999-7.
  9. ^ Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Revision Book Writing Group (2008). Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Overview. Publishing House of Minority Nationalities. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-7-105-08605-4.
  10. ^ Peiyue Li, Hui Qian & Jianhua Wu (19 Mar 2018). "Conjunctive use of groundwater and surface waterto reduce soil salinization in the Yinchuan Plain,North-West China". International Journal of Water Resources Development. 34 (3): 337–353. doi:10.1080/07900627.2018.1443059. S2CID 158562330.