Dongting Lake Plain

E277768

Dongting Lake Plain is a fertile alluvial lowland in south-central China known for its extensive wetlands, rice cultivation, and role as a major floodplain of the Yangtze River system.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alluvial plain
floodplain
climate humid subtropical climate
contains Lake Dongting
surface form: Dongting Lake
country China
drainedBy Li River
Xiang River
Yangtze River
Yuan River
Zi River
ecologicalSignificance habitat for freshwater fish
habitat for migratory birds
important wetland ecosystem
economicActivity agriculture
inland fisheries
transportation on inland waterways
elevation low elevation
formsPartOf middle reaches of the Yangtze River
surface form: middle reaches of the Yangtze River region
hydrologicalFunction major floodplain of the Yangtze River system
natural flood storage area
hydrologicalProcess seasonal inundation
sediment deposition
knownFor extensive wetlands
fertile soils
flood regulation
rice cultivation
landUse aquaculture
fishing
paddy fields
locatedIn Hunan Province
south-central China
mainCrop rice
nearbyCity Changde
Yiyang
Yueyang
otherCrops aquatic vegetables
cotton
rapeseed
partOf Yangtze River basin
regionalRole key flood control zone for the Yangtze River
major grain-producing area of China
soilType alluvial soil
terrainType lowland
threatenedBy flooding
land reclamation
pollution
waterSource monsoon rainfall
runoff from surrounding mountains

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

middle reaches of the Yangtze River adjacentTo Dongting Lake Plain
middle and lower Yangtze Plain contains Dongting Lake Plain
this entity surface form: lower Yangtze Plain
middle and lower Yangtze Plain contains Dongting Lake Plain
this entity surface form: Dongting Lake region
Wuling borderedBy Dongting Lake Plain
this entity surface form: Dongting Lake region