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 ...
LANZHOU -- Chinese archaeologists have discovered the largest known Majiayao culture settlement site in Lintao county, Northwest China's Gansu province, according to a joint archaeological team from ...
Economic activities and resources today: As in the past, key cities in the Loess Plateau are those that facilitate trade and transport to and from eastern China and the North China Plain. Cities such ...
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reconstructed the variations of drought severity between 1556 C.E. and 2015 C.E. in the southwest Chinese Loess Plateau. Their work was based on tree-ring ...
Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...
The area characterized by Pisha sandstone is often termed "the most extreme case of water loss and soil erosion globally", ...
China-US team of researchers finds links between ... The researchers took sediment samples from Beilianchi Lake on the Loess Plateau, an area of recurrent episodes of large-scale unrest which ...