Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave dwelling ("yaodong") commonly found in the Loess Plateau in northern China. "Academic literature ...
China's topography was completely formed around ... The second step includes the gently sloping Inner Mongolia Plateau, the Loess Plateau, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Tarim Basin, the Junggar ...
Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice ...
In a pocket of the Loess Plateau, in central China's Shanxi province, Zhao found her way to the village of Xi Jiao Gou - and into the centre of a family story embracing revolution, famine ...
Terraced fields spreading across the Loess Plateau in Linfen, one of the highly recommended destinations in Shanxi province.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY/LI YU/LI XIANJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Shanxi is ...
Cobb, an ecological economist, pointed to China's successful conservation initiatives in the Loess Plateau, located in north-central China, as a prime example. "The conservation measures in the ...