45:
1525:
1295:
368:
1537:
1307:
63:
454:
in Hunan in the northeast. This plateau region includes most of eastern Yunnan and most of
Guizhou. It is common, however, for much of the rest of Yunnan and surrounding highland areas to be referred to as part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau even where there are no plateau-like characteristics.
506:
who have traditionally engaged in intensive agriculture along hills and in valleys. Today, the Yungui region is one of the most economically depressed areas of China and both
Guizhou and Yunnan provinces are in the bottom three in rankings for the
508:
1368:
959:
429:. In the southwest, the Yungui is a true plateau with relatively flatter highland areas, while in the northeast, the Yungui is a generally mountainous area of rolling hills, gorges, and
1413:
1004:
1510:
1275:
418:
546:
to the northwest and by lowland regions to the north, east, and southeast. Other major mountain ranges cross or surround portions of the Yungui
Plateau. The
1428:
657:
648:
The climate gradually transitions from drier in the southwest to rainier in the northeast. In east-central Yunnan, parts of the Yungui
Plateau experience a
1575:
1084:
661:
542:
The Yungui
Plateau is a large mountainous region with rugged terrain including steep karst peaks and deep gorges. The plateau is buttressed by the large
526:. The Yungui Plateau is home to many extreme engineering feats where railways and expressways have been built to traverse the challenging terrain. The
1345:
936:
127:
832:
741:
696:
1568:
1097:
757:
392:
276:
173:
822:
1660:
1405:
384:
290:
187:
1655:
1338:
996:
622:
597:'s great rivers, which flow southerly towards the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. The rivers split around the plateau, with the
120:
1160:
929:
304:
201:
458:
Under the broader definition of the Yungui
Plateau, the provinces would include not only Yunnan and Guizhou but also
1650:
1584:
1561:
1451:
502:. The area has long been considered a backwater region of China. Historically, the plateau has been home to many
1441:
371:
Using a wider definition, the Yunnan–Guizhou
Highlands make up the light green area on the lower part of this map
503:
1331:
527:
1629:
1418:
1009:
922:
1495:
1446:
1074:
712:
547:
774:
1541:
1390:
1265:
1237:
1064:
618:
1436:
1311:
1242:
909:
543:
758:"China National Human Development Report 2016 Social Innovation for Inclusive Human Development"
575:
44:
1612:
1280:
1213:
1120:
1092:
828:
737:
692:
653:
649:
1529:
1469:
1377:
1069:
579:
567:
451:
430:
323:
220:
1624:
1617:
1479:
1299:
1203:
1197:
1115:
968:
583:
563:
491:
447:
414:
113:
880:
854:
640:
is located on the plateau's western edge at the southern base of the
Hengduan Mountains.
511:. Many residents on the Yungui Plateau live in a traditional fashion in rural villages.
344:
241:
17:
1605:
1232:
1190:
1176:
1130:
1014:
1644:
1595:
1226:
1044:
571:
495:
763:. China Publishing Group Corporation China Translation & Publishing House. 2016.
1474:
1024:
1019:
614:
610:
555:
459:
330:
227:
1248:
1505:
1500:
1183:
1049:
1029:
633:
628:
Major lakes have formed in the Yunnan portions of the Yungui
Plateau, including
551:
531:
499:
1208:
1059:
1034:
637:
367:
142:
129:
1270:
1143:
1039:
467:
795:
1138:
1054:
629:
609:
turning northeast. Most of the western Yungui
Plateau is drained by the
570:
in the northeast form a transitional terrain between the plateau and the
1461:
1395:
1385:
1364:
1354:
1170:
955:
606:
598:
559:
534:, is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou border in the heart of the plateau.
519:
515:
479:
463:
426:
410:
103:
62:
53:
446:
Under the strictest definition, the Yungui Plateau stretches from the
1219:
1149:
1107:
986:
981:
976:
945:
602:
422:
400:
99:
1553:
1600:
1165:
590:
523:
475:
471:
366:
89:
49:
1323:
910:
Expansion of the Chinese Paddy Rice to the Yannan-Guizhou Plateau
1155:
914:
775:"Chinese History and Statistics - Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Upland"
594:
1557:
1327:
918:
67:
Topographic map of East Asia with Yungui Plateau highlighted
578:
steps down to the karst hills of South China. Across the
76:
500 m (1,600 ft) to 2,500 m (8,200 ft)
566:
run along the Yungui's edge with the Sichuan Basin. The
621:. The eastern Yungui Plateau is largely drained by the
554:
form a barrier through north-central Yungui along the
824:
Tibetan Geography -- Long Rivers with Distant Sources
349:
335:
246:
232:
652:. In most of Guizhou, the climate is classified as
1488:
1460:
1427:
1404:
1376:
1258:
1129:
1106:
1083:
995:
967:
343:
329:
322:
317:
303:
289:
275:
266:
240:
226:
219:
214:
200:
186:
172:
163:
119:
109:
95:
85:
80:
72:
32:
1511:Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
1276:Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
855:"Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests"
1569:
1339:
930:
881:"Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests"
295:
281:
192:
178:
8:
514:Major cities on the Yungui Plateau include
1576:
1562:
1554:
1346:
1332:
1324:
937:
923:
915:
417:. The region is primarily spread over the
314:
211:
29:
27:Highland region located in southwest China
794:Suettinger, Robert Lee; Kuo, Ping-chia.
691:. Beijing, China: SinoMaps Press. 2006.
683:
681:
679:
677:
673:
660:for much of its Yunnan portions and by
263:
160:
52:geography on the Yungui Plateau near
7:
1536:
1306:
656:. The Yungui Plateau is covered by
589:The high mountain peaks of Eastern
494:, the Yungui Plateau separates the
450:in Yunnan in the southwest to the
25:
462:and the southernmost extremes of
1535:
1524:
1523:
1305:
1294:
1293:
509:Human Development Index in China
61:
43:
617:Rivers, both headwaters of the
1098:Yunnan Agricultural University
802:. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
625:, a tributary of the Yangtze.
405:
396:
388:
350:
336:
296:
282:
247:
233:
193:
179:
1:
658:subtropical evergreen forests
562:) River. To the north, the
1161:Crossing-the-bridge noodles
586:form a definitive barrier.
1677:
1452:Guiyang Medical University
664:for the Guizhou portions.
593:are the source of many of
1591:
1519:
1442:Guizhou Normal University
1362:
1289:
953:
715:. Encyclopædia Britannica
361:
313:
271:
258:
210:
168:
60:
42:
37:
713:"Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau"
277:Traditional Chinese
174:Traditional Chinese
18:Yunnan-Guizhou Highlands
800:Encyclopædia Britannica
736:. Lonely Planet. 2007.
662:mixed broadleaf forests
291:Simplified Chinese
206:Yunnan–Kweichow Plateau
188:Simplified Chinese
1630:Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
1419:Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
1010:Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
887:. Myers Enterprises II
861:. Myers Enterprises II
605:keeping south and the
582:to the southwest, the
528:world's highest bridge
377:Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau
372:
164:Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau
33:Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau
1496:Huangguoshu Waterfall
1447:Zunyi Medical College
1075:Pudacuo National Park
574:. In the south, the
370:
1661:Landforms of Guizhou
1656:Landforms of Yunnan
1489:Visitor attractions
1266:Old Town of Lijiang
1259:Visitor attractions
821:Yang Qinye (2004).
644:Climate and ecology
478:, and northwestern
393:traditional Chinese
139: /
1437:Guizhou University
544:Hengduan Mountains
538:Physical geography
532:Beipanjiang Bridge
385:simplified Chinese
373:
1651:Plateaus of China
1638:
1637:
1613:Mongolian Plateau
1585:Plateaus of China
1551:
1550:
1321:
1320:
1281:South China Karst
1214:Steam pot chicken
1121:Eighteen Oddities
1093:Yunnan University
734:China's Southwest
654:humid subtropical
650:semi-arid climate
365:
364:
357:
356:
351:Yün-kuei Kao-yüan
324:Standard Mandarin
262:
261:
254:
253:
248:Yün-kuei Kao-yüan
221:Standard Mandarin
159:
158:
16:(Redirected from
1668:
1578:
1571:
1564:
1555:
1539:
1538:
1527:
1526:
1348:
1341:
1334:
1325:
1309:
1308:
1297:
1296:
939:
932:
925:
916:
897:
896:
894:
892:
877:
871:
870:
868:
866:
851:
845:
844:
842:
841:
818:
812:
811:
809:
807:
791:
785:
784:
782:
781:
771:
765:
764:
762:
754:
748:
747:
730:
724:
723:
721:
720:
709:
703:
702:
685:
568:Wuling Mountains
548:Wumeng Mountains
504:minority peoples
452:Wuling Mountains
431:karst topography
407:
398:
390:
353:
352:
339:
338:
315:
299:
298:
285:
284:
264:
250:
249:
236:
235:
212:
196:
195:
182:
181:
161:
154:
153:
151:
150:
149:
144:
140:
137:
136:
135:
132:
65:
47:
30:
21:
1676:
1675:
1671:
1670:
1669:
1667:
1666:
1665:
1641:
1640:
1639:
1634:
1625:Tibetan Plateau
1618:Bashang Plateau
1587:
1582:
1552:
1547:
1515:
1484:
1456:
1423:
1400:
1372:
1358:
1352:
1322:
1317:
1285:
1254:
1125:
1102:
1079:
991:
963:
949:
943:
906:
901:
900:
890:
888:
879:
878:
874:
864:
862:
853:
852:
848:
839:
837:
835:
820:
819:
815:
805:
803:
793:
792:
788:
779:
777:
773:
772:
768:
760:
756:
755:
751:
744:
732:
731:
727:
718:
716:
711:
710:
706:
699:
687:
686:
675:
670:
646:
584:Ailao Mountains
564:Dalou Mountains
540:
492:Southwest China
488:
486:Human geography
470:, southwestern
448:Red River Fault
444:
439:
415:southwest China
411:highland region
309:Yunkwei Plateau
147:
145:
141:
138:
133:
130:
128:
126:
125:
114:Southwest China
73:Floor elevation
68:
56:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1674:
1672:
1664:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1643:
1642:
1636:
1635:
1633:
1632:
1627:
1622:
1621:
1620:
1610:
1609:
1608:
1606:Wuzhang Plains
1603:
1592:
1589:
1588:
1583:
1581:
1580:
1573:
1566:
1558:
1549:
1548:
1546:
1545:
1533:
1520:
1517:
1516:
1514:
1513:
1508:
1503:
1498:
1492:
1490:
1486:
1485:
1483:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1466:
1464:
1458:
1457:
1455:
1454:
1449:
1444:
1439:
1433:
1431:
1425:
1424:
1422:
1421:
1416:
1410:
1408:
1402:
1401:
1399:
1398:
1393:
1388:
1382:
1380:
1374:
1373:
1363:
1360:
1359:
1353:
1351:
1350:
1343:
1336:
1328:
1319:
1318:
1316:
1315:
1303:
1290:
1287:
1286:
1284:
1283:
1278:
1273:
1268:
1262:
1260:
1256:
1255:
1253:
1252:
1245:
1240:
1235:
1233:Sichuan pepper
1230:
1223:
1216:
1211:
1206:
1201:
1194:
1187:
1180:
1177:Jidou liangfen
1173:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1153:
1146:
1144:Pineapple rice
1141:
1135:
1133:
1127:
1126:
1124:
1123:
1118:
1112:
1110:
1104:
1103:
1101:
1100:
1095:
1089:
1087:
1081:
1080:
1078:
1077:
1072:
1067:
1062:
1057:
1052:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1015:Diqing Plateau
1012:
1007:
1001:
999:
993:
992:
990:
989:
984:
979:
973:
971:
965:
964:
954:
951:
950:
944:
942:
941:
934:
927:
919:
913:
912:
905:
904:External links
902:
899:
898:
885:Global Species
872:
859:Global Species
846:
833:
813:
786:
766:
749:
742:
725:
704:
697:
689:Atlas of China
672:
671:
669:
666:
645:
642:
539:
536:
487:
484:
443:
440:
438:
435:
406:Yúnguì Gāoyuán
381:Yungui Plateau
363:
362:
359:
358:
355:
354:
347:
341:
340:
337:Yúnguì Gāoyuán
333:
327:
326:
320:
319:
318:Transcriptions
311:
310:
307:
301:
300:
293:
287:
286:
279:
273:
272:
269:
268:
267:Yungui Plateau
260:
259:
256:
255:
252:
251:
244:
238:
237:
234:Yúnguì Gāoyuán
230:
224:
223:
217:
216:
215:Transcriptions
208:
207:
204:
198:
197:
190:
184:
183:
176:
170:
169:
166:
165:
157:
156:
123:
117:
116:
111:
107:
106:
97:
93:
92:
87:
83:
82:
78:
77:
74:
70:
69:
66:
58:
57:
48:
40:
39:
38:Yungui Plateau
35:
34:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1673:
1662:
1659:
1657:
1654:
1652:
1649:
1648:
1646:
1631:
1628:
1626:
1623:
1619:
1616:
1615:
1614:
1611:
1607:
1604:
1602:
1599:
1598:
1597:
1596:Loess Plateau
1594:
1593:
1590:
1586:
1579:
1574:
1572:
1567:
1565:
1560:
1559:
1556:
1544:
1543:
1534:
1532:
1531:
1522:
1521:
1518:
1512:
1509:
1507:
1504:
1502:
1499:
1497:
1494:
1493:
1491:
1487:
1481:
1478:
1476:
1473:
1471:
1468:
1467:
1465:
1463:
1459:
1453:
1450:
1448:
1445:
1443:
1440:
1438:
1435:
1434:
1432:
1430:
1426:
1420:
1417:
1415:
1412:
1411:
1409:
1407:
1403:
1397:
1394:
1392:
1389:
1387:
1384:
1383:
1381:
1379:
1375:
1370:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1349:
1344:
1342:
1337:
1335:
1330:
1329:
1326:
1314:
1313:
1304:
1302:
1301:
1292:
1291:
1288:
1282:
1279:
1277:
1274:
1272:
1271:Dali Old Town
1269:
1267:
1264:
1263:
1261:
1257:
1251:
1250:
1246:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1229:
1228:
1224:
1222:
1221:
1217:
1215:
1212:
1210:
1207:
1205:
1202:
1200:
1199:
1195:
1193:
1192:
1188:
1186:
1185:
1181:
1179:
1178:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1167:
1164:
1162:
1159:
1157:
1154:
1152:
1151:
1147:
1145:
1142:
1140:
1137:
1136:
1134:
1132:
1128:
1122:
1119:
1117:
1114:
1113:
1111:
1109:
1105:
1099:
1096:
1094:
1091:
1090:
1088:
1086:
1082:
1076:
1073:
1071:
1068:
1066:
1063:
1061:
1058:
1056:
1053:
1051:
1048:
1046:
1045:Yangzong Lake
1043:
1041:
1038:
1036:
1033:
1031:
1028:
1026:
1023:
1021:
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1002:
1000:
998:
994:
988:
985:
983:
980:
978:
975:
974:
972:
970:
966:
961:
957:
952:
947:
940:
935:
933:
928:
926:
921:
920:
917:
911:
908:
907:
903:
886:
882:
876:
873:
860:
856:
850:
847:
836:
834:9787508506654
830:
826:
825:
817:
814:
801:
797:
790:
787:
776:
770:
767:
759:
753:
750:
745:
743:9781741041859
739:
735:
729:
726:
714:
708:
705:
700:
698:9787503141782
694:
690:
684:
682:
680:
678:
674:
667:
665:
663:
659:
655:
651:
643:
641:
639:
635:
631:
626:
624:
620:
616:
612:
608:
604:
600:
596:
592:
587:
585:
581:
577:
573:
572:Yangtze Plain
569:
565:
561:
557:
553:
549:
545:
537:
535:
533:
529:
525:
521:
517:
512:
510:
505:
501:
497:
496:Sichuan Basin
493:
485:
483:
481:
477:
473:
469:
465:
461:
456:
453:
449:
441:
436:
434:
432:
428:
424:
420:
416:
412:
408:
402:
394:
386:
382:
378:
369:
360:
348:
346:
342:
334:
332:
328:
325:
321:
316:
312:
308:
306:
302:
294:
292:
288:
280:
278:
274:
270:
265:
257:
245:
243:
239:
231:
229:
225:
222:
218:
213:
209:
205:
203:
199:
191:
189:
185:
177:
175:
171:
167:
162:
152:
124:
122:
118:
115:
112:
108:
105:
101:
98:
94:
91:
88:
84:
79:
75:
71:
64:
59:
55:
51:
46:
41:
36:
31:
19:
1540:
1528:
1475:Mak language
1310:
1298:
1247:
1238:Shiping tofu
1225:
1218:
1196:
1189:
1182:
1175:
1148:
1025:Dianchi Lake
1020:Honghe River
889:. Retrieved
884:
875:
863:. Retrieved
858:
849:
838:. Retrieved
823:
816:
804:. Retrieved
799:
789:
778:. Retrieved
769:
752:
733:
728:
717:. Retrieved
707:
688:
647:
627:
588:
541:
513:
489:
460:Gulin County
457:
445:
404:
380:
376:
374:
331:Hanyu Pinyin
228:Hanyu Pinyin
1506:Zhijin Cave
1501:Fanjingshan
1243:Xuanwei ham
1065:Pearl River
1050:Yilong Lake
1030:Fuxian Lake
634:Fuxian Lake
619:Pearl River
552:Wulian Feng
500:South China
490:Located in
413:located in
146: /
121:Coordinates
1645:Categories
1060:Yuan River
1035:Erhai Lake
840:2007-12-02
780:2007-08-06
719:2007-08-06
638:Erhai Lake
576:Miao Range
474:, western
466:, eastern
442:Definition
345:Wade–Giles
242:Wade–Giles
143:26°N 105°E
1429:Education
1406:Geography
1249:Zhe'ergen
1209:Pu'er tea
1204:Mushrooms
1085:Education
1070:Red River
1040:Lugu Lake
997:Geography
806:31 August
668:Footnotes
580:Red River
468:Chongqing
437:Geography
419:provinces
96:Provinces
81:Geography
1530:Category
1391:Politics
1300:Category
1139:Barbeque
1055:Xi River
982:Politics
796:"Yunnan"
630:Dian Chi
623:Wu River
1542:Commons
1480:Cuisine
1462:Culture
1396:Economy
1386:History
1378:General
1369:capital
1365:Guiyang
1355:Guizhou
1312:Commons
1198:Mi xian
1171:Hot pot
1131:Cuisine
1108:Culture
987:Economy
977:History
969:General
960:capital
956:Kunming
891:31 July
865:31 July
607:Yangtze
599:Salween
560:Yangtze
558:(Upper
520:Guiyang
516:Kunming
480:Guangxi
464:Sichuan
427:Guizhou
409:) is a
155:
148:26; 105
104:Guizhou
86:Country
54:Guiyang
1414:Cities
1357:topics
1227:Rushan
1220:Rubing
1191:Mi gan
1150:Erkuai
1005:Cities
948:topics
946:Yunnan
831:
740:
695:
615:Beipan
611:Nanpan
603:Mekong
556:Jinsha
530:, the
522:, and
423:Yunnan
403::
401:pinyin
395::
387::
305:Postal
202:Postal
110:Region
100:Yunnan
1601:Hetao
1470:Music
1166:Honey
1156:Ferns
1116:Music
761:(PDF)
591:Tibet
524:Zunyi
498:from
476:Hunan
472:Hubei
134:105°E
90:China
50:Karst
1184:Lufu
893:2017
867:2017
829:ISBN
808:2017
738:ISBN
693:ISBN
632:and
613:and
601:and
595:Asia
550:and
425:and
397:雲貴高原
389:云贵高原
375:The
297:云贵高原
283:雲貴高原
194:云贵高原
180:雲貴高原
131:26°N
636:.
421:of
379:or
1647::
883:.
857:.
827:.
798:.
676:^
518:,
482:.
433:.
399:;
391:;
102:,
1577:e
1570:t
1563:v
1371:)
1367:(
1347:e
1340:t
1333:v
962:)
958:(
938:e
931:t
924:v
895:.
869:.
843:.
810:.
783:.
746:.
722:.
701:.
383:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.