North China Plain

The North China Plain and the northern Chinese lowlands (华北 平原, Huabei Pingyuan, also黄淮海 平原, Huanghuaihai Pingyuan called ) is located on the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the north east of China.

It is associated with the level of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and extends over the area of the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu: from the Taihang Mountains (太行山) and Funiu Mountains (伏 牛山) (which the West Henan - Bergland ( Yuxi Shandi ) belongs ) in the west to the shores of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea ( Bo Hai ) and the Shandong hills (山东 丘陵) in the east and from the Yanshan Mountains (燕山) in the north to Tongbai Mountains (铜 柏山) and Dabie Mountains (大别山) in the southwest and northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui to the southeast. It is connected to the Jianghuai level (江淮 平原) in Jiangsu and Anhui.

With its area of ​​approximately 310,000 square kilometers, it is the second largest plane of the three great plains of China.

It consists mainly of alluvial deposits of the rivers of the Yellow River, Huai He, Hai He and Luan He is therefore also referred to the names of these rivers. The lowland is usually lower than 50 meters. The lower reaches of the Yellow River runs through its middle part and divides it into a southern and a northern part: the northern part of the basin of the Hai He and is called Haihe level海河 平原or Hebei level; the southern part of the river basin of the Yellow River and the Huai He, and is called Huanghuai level (黄淮 平原).

The North China Plain is very fertile. Winters are cold, the summers are hot, spring and autumn are short-lived. It is an important agricultural region. Main products are wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts and tobacco. In mineral resources, there are oil deposits. On the coast, salt is obtained.

Major cities are Beijing, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Tianjin, Xuzhou and Zhengzhou.