On Geomorphological Tourism in the Loess Plateau

Loess is mainly distributed in Central Asia to Northwest China, North China and Northeast China. The largest loess plateau in the world is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. Its scope starts from Yinshan Mountain in the north, Qinling Mountain in the south, Sun Moon Mountain in the west and Taihang Mountain in the east, covering 6 provinces of Qinghai, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, covering an area of 640,000 square kilometers. 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. The area and thickness of loess are the highest in the world.

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