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Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau

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The Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau or Yungui Plateau is a highland region located in southwest China. [1]

47 relations: Ailao Mountains, Asia, Beipan River, China, Chongqing, Dalou Mountains, Dian Lake, Duge Bridge, Erhai Lake, Ethnic minorities in China, Fuxian Lake, Guangxi, Guiyang, Guizhou, Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests, Gulin County, Hengduan Mountains, Hubei, Humid subtropical climate, Hunan, Jinsha River, Karst, Kunming, List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index, List of highest bridges, Mekong, Nanpan River, Pearl River (China), Plateau, Provinces of China, Red River (Asia), Red River Fault, Salween River, Semi-arid climate, Sichuan, Sichuan Basin, South China, Southwest China, Tibet, Wu River (Yangtze tributary), Wulian Feng, Wuling Mountains, Yangtze, Yangtze Plain, Yunnan, Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests, Zunyi.

Ailao Mountains

Not to be confused with Ai Lào, an archaic former name for the country of Laos and geographically near the neighboring Ailao Mountains in Yunnan, China. The Ailao Mountains (Hani: Hhaqlol haolgaoq) are located in Yunnan, China.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Beipan River

Beipan River is a river in Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, China, and part of the great Pearl River basin.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chongqing

Chongqing, formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China.

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Dalou Mountains

The Dalou Mountains (are a range of limestone mountains running north east to south west across the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau spanning Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces, People's Republic of China. At, Mount Jinfo (金佛山) in Nanchuan District, Chongqing is the highest peak in a range that is also the watershed between the Wu and Chishui rivers.

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Dian Lake

Dianchi Lake (Chinese: 滇池, Diānchí), also known as Lake Dian and Kunming Lake (昆明湖, Kūnmínghú), is a large lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, in southern China.

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Duge Bridge

Duge Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge near Liupanshui in China.

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Erhai Lake

Erhai or Er Lake, is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China.

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Ethnic minorities in China

Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han Chinese population in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Fuxian Lake

Fuxian Lake stretches out through Chengjiang, Jiangchuan and Huaning Counties in Yunnan Province, spanning an area of 212 square kilometers.

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Guangxi

Guangxi (pronounced; Zhuang: Gvangjsih), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a Chinese autonomous region in South Central China, bordering Vietnam.

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Guiyang

Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China.

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Guizhou

Guizhou, formerly romanized as Kweichow, is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country.

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Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests

The Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests are a subtropical forest ecoregion in the Yungui Plateau of China.

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Gulin County

Gulin Countyis a county in the south of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north, south, and east.

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Hengduan Mountains

The Hengduan Mountains are a group of mountain ranges in southwest China that connect the southeast portions of the Tibetan Plateau with the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau.

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Hubei

Hubei is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the Central China region.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Hunan

Hunan is the 7th most populous province of China and the 10th most extensive by area.

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Jinsha River

The Jinsha River (Chinese: 金沙江, p Jīnshājiāng, "Gold Dust River") is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Kunming

Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China.

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List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), alongside Taiwan.

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List of highest bridges

This list of the world's highest bridges ranks bridges by deck height.

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Mekong

The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia.

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Nanpan River

The Nanpan River has its source in the Yungui Plateau of eastern Yunnan Province.

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Pearl River (China)

The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang and formerly often known as the, is an extensive river system in southern China.

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Plateau

In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.

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Provinces of China

Provincial-level administrative divisions or first-level administrative divisions, are the highest-level Chinese administrative divisions.

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Red River (Asia)

The Red River (Sông Hồng), also known as the and (lit. "Mother River") in Vietnamese and the in Chinese, is a river that flows from Yunnan in Southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Red River Fault

The Red River Fault or Song Hong Fault (Đới Đứt Gãy Sông Hồng) is a major fault in Yunnan, China and Vietnam which accommodates continental China's (Yangtze Plate) southward movement It is coupled with that of the Sagaing Fault in Burma, which accommodates the Indian plate's northward movement, with the land (Indochina) in between faulted and twisted clockwise.

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Salween River

The Salween, known in China as the Nu River, is a river about long that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate.

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Sichuan

Sichuan, formerly romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan, is a province in southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north, and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Sichuan Basin

The Sichuan Basin, formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China.

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South China

South China or Southern China is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China.

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Southwest China

Southwest China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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Wu River (Yangtze tributary)

The Wu River is the largest southern tributary of the Yangtze River.

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Wulian Feng

The Wulian Feng are a mountain range in Yunnan, China, forming the northwest edge of the Yungui Plateau.

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Wuling Mountains

The Wuling Mountains is a mountain range located in Central China, running from Chongqing Municipality and East Guizhou to West Hunan.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Yangtze Plain

The Yangtze Plain (Chinese: 長江中下游平原/长江中下游平原; Wade-Giles: Ch'ang Chiang P'ing-yüan; Pinyin: Chang Jiang Pingyuan) is made up of a series of alluvial plains of along the Yangtze River and its major tributaries.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.

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Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests

The Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests is an endangered ecoregion in southwestern China.

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Zunyi

Zunyi is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to the northwest.

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Yungui, Yungui Highland, Yungui Plateau, Yunkwei Plateau, Yunnan Plateau, Yunnan plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Highlands, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau, Yunnan–Kweichow Plateau, 云贵高原, 雲貴高原.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan–Guizhou_Plateau

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