What's the climate like in the Loess Plateau?

The geographical position of the Loess Plateau is in the transition zone from coastal to inland and from plain to plateau. It crosses warm temperate zone and middle temperate zone from south to north and semi-humid and semi-arid dry-wet zone from east to west.

The eastern and southern parts of the plateau belong to warm temperate semi-humid areas, the central part belongs to warm temperate semi-arid areas, and the western and northern parts belong to mid-temperate semi-arid areas. The climate of the Loess Plateau is not only influenced by latitude and longitude, but also restricted by topography, which has typical continental monsoon climate characteristics.

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Hydrological conditions of the Loess Plateau;

The Yellow River is the backbone of the regional water system in the Loess Plateau. There are many rivers originating from the Loess Plateau, about 200, among which Taohe River, Zuli River, Qingshui River, Huangfuchuan River, Kuye River, Wuding River, Beiluo River, Weihe River, Qinhe River and Fenhe River are the larger ones.

River runoff does not include the total annual runoff of the main stream of the Yellow River of 654.38+085 billion cubic meters. Affected by heavy rain, the flood peaks of most rivers skyrocketed and plummeted during the flood season, accounting for more than 70% of the annual water volume.

The sediment concentration of the water system in the Loess Plateau is very high, and the sediment concentration of a flood often accounts for more than 70% ~ 80% of the whole year. The recharge of shallow groundwater in the plateau mainly comes from atmospheric precipitation. Groundwater in most areas is poor and buried deeply, mostly below 50 ~ 60 meters, and some reach 100 ~ 200 meters.

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