Everyone knows that the Loess Plateau is one of the four plateaus, but few people know which province the Loess Plateau belongs to. The names of the other three of the four plateaus are all related to provincial names or provincial abbreviations. From the literal description, it can be seen that the provinces belong to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and even if they are not completely owned, they will occupy most of them. Compared with the other three plateaus, the name Loess Plateau is intriguing.

Most people may think that the Loess Plateau is located in Shaanxi Province, because the northern part of Shaanxi Province is very famous. Yan' an was located in northern Shaanxi, and there were often scenes of Yan' an northern Shaanxi Plateau in TV dramas. In recent years, more and more people travel to Yan 'an, and caves in northern Shaanxi are also a major residential feature in the Loess Plateau. It is understandable that the Loess Plateau is located in Shaanxi, and the northern Shaanxi Plateau in Shaanxi is basically in the center of the Loess Plateau.

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Accurately speaking, the Loess Plateau spans seven provinces, including Shanxi, most of Ningxia, central and eastern Gansu, northeastern Qinghai, Ordos, Inner Mongolia and western Henan. So the concept of describing it is rather general, and many people may not understand it very well. Many people know about the Yellow River Basin. Basically, most of the middle section of the "Ji" shape of the Yellow River and the whole of Shanxi are the Loess Plateau. The upper reaches of the Yellow River almost surround the Loess Plateau.

In fact, it seems that the Loess Plateau should be in Shanxi. After all, most parts of Shanxi belong to the Loess Plateau. Although the northern Shaanxi Plateau is located in the center of the Loess Plateau, it is definitely not the Loess Plateau south of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi. Of course, the Loess Plateau can't belong to only one province, but it includes provinces, not provinces.

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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.

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