Characteristics of Loess Plateau

There are thousands of gullies, and the loess is loose and the surface is exposed, which leads to erosion and forms a gully landform. The loess plateau is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and fluctuates from northwest to southeast. The Loess Plateau is bounded by Liupan Mountain and Luliang Mountain, and is divided into three parts: east, middle and west. The western part of the Loess Plateau, west of Liupanshan Mountain, is 2000-3000 meters above sea level, which is the highest terrain on the Loess Plateau.

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The Loess Plateau is an important energy and chemical base in China. Loess has fine particles, soft soil and rich mineral nutrition, which is beneficial to farming. Basin and valley agriculture has a long history. Except for a few rocky mountains, the thickness of loess is between 50 and 80 meters, and the maximum thickness is 150~ 180 meters. On the Loess Plateau, the unique culture of the Yellow Land was bred, and the folk houses represented by "cave dwellings" and folk literature and art represented by Xintianyou and Ansai waist drums were produced.