Where does the loess high slope refer to? Where does the loess high slope refer to?

1. The loess high slope is 1000 km long from east to west and 750 km wide from north to south, including the vast areas west of Taihang Mountain in China, east of Sun Moon Mountain in Qinghai Province, north of Qinling Mountain and south of the Great Wall. It is located on the second step of China, with an altitude of 800-3000m.

2. The loess high slope belongs to the arid continental monsoon climate zone, and its structural units mainly include the Longdong platform in northern Shaanxi, the Hualixi fold belt, the Yanshan fold belt in the Pacific Ocean, the Longxi block, the Zhongtiaoshan block, the Luliangshan block and the settlement belt in the lower reaches of Wei Fen. Qinling axis and Ordos platform are the two major dividing lines between north and south.

3. The thickness of loess cover is generally below 100 m, and the loess layer in Longdong, northern Shaanxi and western Shanxi is the thickest. From the east of Liupan Mountain to the west of Luliang Mountain, the thickness of loess is between 100 meters and 200 meters, and the thickest is in Lanzhou, reaching more than 300 meters.