Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Topographical map covering southwestern China

Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau covers southwestern China. There are two distinct areas of this plateau: an area of high plateau averaging about 2,000 m with mountain peaks as high as 3,700 m in northern Yunnan province, and an area of rolling hills, deep river-carved gorges, and mountains marked with geologic faults in western Guizhou province.^[1] Easily eroded limestone underlies the plateau, allowing for spectacular karsts.^[2]

This plateau is one of the four major plateaus in China, the others being the Tibetan Plateau, the Loess Plateau and the Inner Mongolian Plateau.

See also

• Lugu Lake

Footnotes

1. ^ Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
2. ^ Chinese History and Statistics - Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Upland. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.

External links

• Expansion of the Chinese Paddy Rice to the Yannan-Guizhou Plateau
• An Assessment of the Economic Losses Resulting from Various Forms of Environmental Degradation in China

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