In which province of my country is the famous Loess Plateau located?

Everyone knows that the Loess Plateau is one of the four major plateaus, but few people know which province the Loess Plateau belongs to. The names of the other three plateaus among the four major plateaus are related to the name of the province or the abbreviation of the province. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Inner Mongolia Plateau, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. From the literal description, you can see the approximate province to which they belong. Even if they are not completely owned, they certainly occupy most of them. . Compared with the other three plateaus, the name Loess Plateau is intriguing.

Most people may think that the Loess Plateau is located in Shaanxi Province, because the northern Shaanxi region of Shaanxi is very famous. Yan'an was located in northern Shaanxi at that time, and scenes of the Yan'an and Northern Shaanxi Plateau often appear in TV dramas. In recent years, more and more people have traveled to Yan'an, and the cave dwellings they have seen in northern Shaanxi are also a major residential feature of the Loess Plateau. It is understandable to think that the Loess Plateau is located in Shaanxi. The Northern Shaanxi Plateau in Shaanxi is basically at the center of the Loess Plateau.

Loess Plateau

To be precise, the Loess Plateau spans 7 provinces. In addition to the northern Shaanxi Plateau mentioned above, it also includes most of Shanxi, Ningxia, and the central and eastern parts of Gansu. , northeastern Qinghai, Ordos in Inner Mongolia, and part of western Henan. To describe the concept in this way is relatively general, and many people may not understand it very well. Many people know about the Yellow River Basin. Basically, most of the middle part of the "ji" shape of the Yellow River plus the entire territory of Shanxi is the entire Loess Plateau. The upper reaches of the Yellow River almost flow around the Loess Plateau.

In fact, looking at it this way, the Loess Plateau should be in Shanxi. After all, most of Shanxi belongs to the Loess Plateau. Although the Northern Shaanxi Plateau in Shaanxi is in the center of the Loess Plateau, the south of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi is definitely not the Loess Plateau. Of course, the Loess Plateau cannot belong to a certain province alone. The Loess Plateau includes the province, not the province includes the Loess Plateau.

Loess Plateau

The Loess Plateau is an important energy and chemical industry base in China. Loess has fine particles, soft soil, and is rich in mineral nutrients. It is conducive to farming. Basin and river valley farming has a long history. Except for a few stony mountainous areas, the thickness of loess ranges from 50 to 80 meters, with the thickest reaching 150 to 180 meters. The Loess Plateau gave birth to the unique culture of the Loess, producing folk houses represented by "cave dwellings" and folk literature and art represented by Xintianyou and Ansai waist drum.

Loess Plateau