North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau

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The North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau are two contrasting geographic regions of East Asia, with the low-lying, densely populated agricultural heartland of northern China lying south of the elevated, sparsely populated grassland plateau of Mongolia.

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North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical entity grouping
geographical region
geographical region
pair of geographic regions
plain
plateau
averageElevation approximately 1000 to 1500 meters above sea level
borderedBy Altai Mountains to the west
Bohai Sea to the east
Greater Khingan Range to the east
Qilian Mountains to the southwest
Taihang Mountains to the west
Yanshan Mountains to the north
characterizedBy contrast in elevation
contrast in land use
contrast in population density
strong physical contrast
climate arid to semi-arid
continental
monsoon-influenced humid continental to humid subtropical
contains Beijing
Gobi Desert
surface form: Gobi Desert margins

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
surface form: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China

Tianjin
parts of Hebei Province
parts of Henan Province
parts of Shandong Province
steppe regions of Mongolia
country China
drainedBy Hai River
Huai River
Yellow River
elevation high
low-lying
extendsTo lower reaches of the Yellow River
hasClimateContrast more humid lowland climate vs more arid plateau climate
hasLandUseContrast intensive agriculture vs extensive pastoralism
hasPart Mongolian Plateau
North China Plain
hasPopulationContrast densely populated vs sparsely populated
hasRelativePosition Mongolian Plateau
surface form: Mongolian Plateau lies to the north of North China Plain

North China Plain
surface form: North China Plain lies to the south of Mongolian Plateau
historicallyAssociatedWith Mongol Empire
nomadic steppe cultures
knownFor cotton cultivation
extensive grazing lands
intensive agriculture
maize cultivation
nomadic pastoralism
wheat cultivation
locatedIn Asia
East Asia
Mongolia
North China
surface form: northern China
populationDensity high
low
separatedBy difference in elevation
strategicImportance agricultural heartland of northern China
terrain alluvial plain
grassland steppe
semi-desert

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Yan Mountains formsNaturalBarrierBetween North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau