China’s plateau regions include: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Inner Mongolia Plateau, Loess Plateau, and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
1. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest plateau in China and the highest in the world. It is known as the "Roof of the World" and the "Third Pole". It starts from the southern edge of the Himalayas in the south, to the Kunlun Mountains, Altyn Mountains and the northern edge of the Qilian Mountains in the north, to the west is the Pamir Plateau and the Karakoram Mountains, and to the east and northeast is the western section of the Qinling Mountains and the Loess Plateau, between 26° north latitude 00′～39°47′, between 73°19′～104°47′ east longitude.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is about 2,800 kilometers long from east to west, 300 to 1,500 kilometers wide from north to south, and has a total area of ??about 2.5 million square kilometers. The topography can be divided into the northern Tibetan Plateau, the southern Tibetan Valley, and the Qaidam Plateau. Basin, Qilian Mountains, Qinghai Plateau and Sichuan-Tibet Alpine Canyon Area, including all of Tibet in China and parts of Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, as well as Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan Stan part or all.
2. Inner Mongolian Plateau
The Inner Mongolian Plateau is the second largest plateau among the four major plateaus in China. It is part of the Mongolian Plateau, also known as the Northern Plateau. It is located in the Yinshan Mountains To the north of the mountain range, to the west of the Greater Khingan Mountains, to the national border in the north and around 106° east longitude in the west. It is between 40°20′～50°50′ north latitude and 106°～121°40′ east longitude. It covers an area of ??approximately 340,000 square kilometers. The Inner Mongolia Plateau in a broad sense also includes the Ordos Plateau south of the Yinshan Mountains and the Alxa Plateau west of the Helan Mountains.
The Inner Mongolia Plateau generally has an altitude of 1,000 to 1,200 meters, and is higher in the south and lower in the north. An east-west lowland is formed in the north, with the lowest altitude dropping to about 600 meters. It was known as the "Bright Sea" in ancient times.
3. Loess Plateau
The Loess Plateau is located in the northern part of central China. It is one of the four major plateaus in China. It is one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization of the Chinese nation and also the most important place on earth. The loess area is the most concentrated and largest loess area in the world, with a total area of ??640,000 square kilometers. It spans most or part of the seven provinces and autonomous regions of Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan. It is mainly composed of the Shanxi Plateau, Shaanxi It consists of Ganjin Plateau, Longzhong Plateau, Ordos Plateau and Hetao Plain.
The Loess Plateau is more than 1,000 kilometers long from east to west and 750 kilometers wide from north to south, including the vast area west of the Taihang Mountains in China, east of the Riyue Mountain in Qinghai Province, north of the Qinling Mountains, and south of the Great Wall. It is located on the second level of China's ladder Above, the altitude is 800 to 3,000 meters. The Loess Plateau belongs to the arid continental monsoon climate zone. The geotectonic units mainly include the northern Shaanxi Longdong Platform, the Variscan Fold Belt, the Pacific Yanshan Fold Belt, the Longxi Block, the Zhongtiao Mountain Block, the Luliang Mountain Block and the Fenwei Mountain Block. The downstream subsidence zone, etc., and the axis of the Qinling Mountains and the Ordos Platform are the two major boundaries between the north and the south.
4. Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau
The Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau is located in southwest China and is one of the four major plateaus in China. It is roughly located at 100°~111° east longitude and 22° north latitude. ° to 30°, starting from Hengduan Mountain and Ailao Mountain in the west, Wuling Mountain and Xuefeng Mountain in the east, Yuecheng Mountain in the southeast, Dalou Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the north, and the mountains on the border of Guangxi and Yunnan in the south. It is about 1,000 kilometers wide, 400 to 800 kilometers wide from north to south, and has a total area of ??about 500,000 square kilometers.
The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau includes the eastern part of Yunnan Province, the entire province of Guizhou, the northwest of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the borders of Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces. It is the intersection of two sets of mountain ranges running north-south and northeast-southwest in China. It is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Roughly bounded by Wumeng Mountain, it is divided into two parts, the Yunnan Plateau and the Guizhou Plateau, with an altitude between 400 and 3,500 meters.
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Characteristics of the plateau:
The plateau has high altitude, low air pressure, and low oxygen content. Using this low-pressure and hypoxic environment can improve the human body It has excellent physical endurance quality, so it has become a "treasure place" for endurance training in the sports world.
The 1968 Olympic Games were held in the plateau city of Mexico City. Athletes from the African plateau won 5 championships, 5 runner-ups, and 2 third-place finishes in middle-distance running and marathon. . Since then, the plateau has become a "treasure land" for training in endurance events such as middle-distance running, marathon, and race walking in various sports circles around the world.
In addition, plateau areas receive a lot of solar radiation, have long sunshine hours, and are very rich in solar energy resources. The boiling point of water in plateau areas is lower than 100°C. If you use an ordinary rice cooker to cook rice, it will be cooked.
Reference materials Baidu Encyclopedia - China's four major plateaus
Baidu Encyclopedia - Plateau