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Geographical distribution map of four plateaus, four great basin, three plains and important mountains in China.

The geographical distribution of China's four plateaus, four great basin, three plains and important mountains is as follows:

The four plateaus in China are Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau. They are concentrated on the first and second steps of the terrain, and the appearance characteristics of the plateau are different because of its height, location, causes and external erosion. The main landforms of China are plateaus and mountains.

China Four great basin refers to three inland basins located in the second terrace and one inland basin located in the first terrace in China, which is the most famous among the ten great basin in China. Traditionally, the four great basin are Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, Sichuan Basin, Qaidam Basin in northwestern Qinghai and Junggar Basin in northern Xinjiang.

The Northeast Plain covers an area of 340,000 square kilometers and consists of Songhua River, Songnen Plain in Nenjiang River Basin and Liaohe Plain in Liaohe River Basin.

Three major plains in China:

North China Plain, also known as Huanghuaihai Plain. Taihang Mountain in the west, seaside in the east, Yanshan Mountain in the north and Huaihe River in the south. It is connected with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and spans Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Beijing and Tianjin, making it the second largest plain in China.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River span Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and are mainly composed of Hanjiang Plain, Dongting Lake Plain, Poyang Lake Plain, Jiangsu-Anhui Plain and Yangtze River Delta, making it the largest plain in China.

Important mountain ranges in China:

Himalayas: It is distributed in an arc along the borders of China, India, Nepal and other countries, stretching over 2,400 kilometers, with an average elevation of 6,000 meters, making it the highest mountain range in the world. Mount Everest, the main peak, is 8848.438+03 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the world. ?

Kunlun Mountain: It starts from Pamirs in the west and reaches the northwest of Sichuan Province in China in the east, with a total length of more than 2,500 kilometers and an average elevation of 5,000-7,000 meters. The highest peak, Mount Gong Geer, is 77 19 meters above sea level. ?

Tianshan Mountain: Located in the central part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China, with an average elevation of 3,000-5,000 meters, and the highest peak Tomur Peak is 7,455.3 meters above sea level. ?

Tanggula mountain range: located in the middle of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average elevation of 6,000m, the highest peak is Geladandong Peak, with an elevation of 662 1 m, which is the longest river in China? d? The source of the Yangtze River. ?

Qinling Mountains: From the east of Gansu Province in the west to the west of Henan Province in the east, with an average elevation of 2,000-3,000 meters. The main peak of Taibai Mountain is 3767 meters above sea level. It is an important geographical dividing line between north and south of China. ?

Daxing 'anling: It starts from Mohe River in Heilongjiang Province, northeast of China in the north, reaches the upper reaches of Laoha River in the south, and runs through 1 1,000 kilometers from north to south, with an average elevation of 1 1,500 meters. Huanggang beam, the main peak, is 2029 meters above sea level. ?

Taihang Mountain Range: It runs across the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau from north to south, with a length of more than 400 kilometers from north to south and an average elevation of 1500-2000 meters. Xiaowutai Mountain, the main peak, is 2882 meters above sea level. ?

Qilian Mountain Range: It stretches on the northeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. The main peak of Qilian Mountain is 5,547 meters above sea level. ?

Hengduan Mountains: Located in the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, at the junction of Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, with an average elevation of 2,000-6,000 meters, and the highest peak, Gongga Mountain, is 7,556 meters above sea level. ?

Taiwan Province Mountain Range: It runs through the east side of Taiwan Province Island, with an average elevation of 3,000-3,500m, and the main peak of Yushan Mountain is 3,952m above sea level.