Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau

The Yunnan - Guizhou Plateau, Yunnan -Guizhou highlands, Yun- Gui plateau and the plateau of Yunnan and Guizhou (in Chinese云贵 高原, Pinyin Yun -gui Gaoyuan ) located in southwest China in the east of the Ailao Mountains (哀 牢 山) in the Chinese province of Yunnan and to the west of the southeastern hill country (东南 丘陵). In the West, it is with the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau ( Tibetan Plateau ) connected. It is one of the major Chinese high levels and comprises the eastern part of Yunnan, Guizhou all, the north-west of Guangxi and border areas of Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei.

Specifically, the Yunnan - Guizhou Plateau is in Chinese subdivided into eastern Yunnan Plateau ( Diandong Gaoyuan滇东 高原), North Yunnan Plateau ( Dianbei Gaoyuan滇 北 高原), Western Yunnan Plateau ( Diandong Xiyuan滇西 高原 ), Central Yunnan plateau ( Dianzhong Gaoyuan滇中 高原), North - Guizhou Plateau ( Qianbei Gaoyuan黔北 高原), Central Guizhou Plateau ( Qianzhong Gaoyuan黔中 高原) and West - Guizhou Plateau ( Qianxi Gaoyuan黔 西 高原).

The Yunnan - Guizhou Plateau is high between 1,000 and 2,000 meters, its height increases from Yunnan to Guizhou - ie from northwest to southeast - from. It is very uneven, because on the plateau are many basins between the mountains, which are called by locals " bazi " (坝子). It is a karst landscape, as limestone is very common. There are many limestone caves with stalagmites and stalactites, stone pillars, underground rivers and stone forests. Famous stone forests are the Lunan Stone Forest ( Lunan shilin路 南 石林) in the Autonomous District Shilin Yi and the Anshun Dragon Palace ( Anshun Long Gong (安顺龙 宫) ) in Anshun.

The Yunnan - Guizhou Plateau forms the watershed between the rivers Yangtze, Xi Jiang (西江) (the largest tributary of the Pearl River ) and the Yuanjiang (元 江) ( of the lower reaches of the Red River (红河) is ).

It is bordered by rivers such as the Jinsha Jiang (金沙江), Yuanjiang (元 江), Nanpan Jiang (南 盘 江), Beipan Jiang (北 盘 江), Wu Jiang (乌江), Yuan Jiang (沅江) and Liu Jiang ( 柳江) intersected sharing the highlands of the plateau into individual pieces with numerous deep and rugged canyons. The large Hutiaoxia Gorge ( Hutiaoxia Daxiagu (虎 跳 涧 大 峡谷) "Tiger Leaping Gorge " ) at Jinsha Jiang, for example, about 3,000 feet deep, the canyon of the Wu Jiang between 300 and 500 meters.

Well-known lakes are the Dian Lake in Kunming and Erhai Lake in Dali.

The plateau is richly wooded and has many natural resources.