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Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Under the broader definition of the Yungui Plateau, the provinces would include not only Yunnan and Guizhou but also
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Using a wider definition, the Yunnan–Guizhou Highlands make up the light green area on the lower part of this map
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is located on the plateau's western edge at the southern base of the Hengduan Mountains.
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Major lakes have formed in the Yunnan portions of the Yungui Plateau, including
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turning northeast. Most of the western Yungui Plateau is drained by the
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in the northeast form a transitional terrain between the plateau and the
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Under the strictest definition, the Yungui Plateau stretches from the
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Expansion of the Chinese Paddy Rice to the Yannan-Guizhou Plateau
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Topographic map of East Asia with Yungui Plateau highlighted
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steps down to the karst hills of South China. Across the
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500 m (1,600 ft) to 2,500 m (8,200 ft)
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run along the Yungui's edge with the Sichuan Basin. The
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form a barrier through north-central Yungui along the
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Tibetan Geography -- Long Rivers with Distant Sources
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Index

Yunnan-Guizhou Highlands

Karst
Guiyang

China
Yunnan
Guizhou
Southwest China
Coordinates
26°N 105°E / 26°N 105°E / 26; 105
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Postal
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Postal
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles

simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
highland region
southwest China
provinces

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