Loess Plateau

640000 km² plateau around the Wei River valley and the southern half of the Ordos Loop of the Yellow River in central China, covering almost all of Shaanxi and Shanxi and parts of Gansu, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia
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Loess Plateau
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Loess Plateau

Summary

Loess Plateau is a plateau[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of plateau entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Loess Plateau is located in Shanxi[3].
  • Loess Plateau is located in Shaanxi[4].
  • Loess Plateau is located in Hebei[5].
  • Loess Plateau is located in Henan[6].
  • Loess Plateau is located in Gansu[7].
  • Loess Plateau is located in Qinghai[8].
  • Loess Plateau is in the country of People's Republic of China[9].
  • Loess Plateau's instance of is recorded as plateau[10].
  • Loess Plateau's Commons category is recorded as Loess Plateau[11].
  • Loess Plateau's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.883333333333, 'lon': 108.71666666667}[12].
  • Loess Plateau's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37, 'lon': 108}[13].
  • Loess Plateau's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[14].

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Geography

Loess Plateau is in the country of People's Republic of China[9]. Located in include Shanxi[3], a province of China[15], in People's Republic of China[16]; Shaanxi[4], a province of China[17], in People's Republic of China[18]; Hebei[5], a province of China[19], in People's Republic of China[20]; Henan[6], a province of China[21], in People's Republic of China[22], founded in 1949[23]; Gansu[7], a province of China[24], in People's Republic of China[25], founded in 1929[26]; and Qinghai[8], a province of China[27], in People's Republic of China[28], founded in 1928[29].

Designation and Status

Loess Plateau's instance of is recorded as plateau[10].

Why It Matters

Loess Plateau ranks in the top 3% of plateau entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Located in the administrative territorial entity Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei +4
    Country People's Republic of China
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