Northeast China Plain
English
Proper noun
the Northeast China Plain
- A plain located in Northeast China lying between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains.
- 1982, Robert C. Hsu, Food for One Billion: China's Agriculture Since 1949, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, →ISBN, LCCN 82-6976, OCLC 8430253, page 18:
- 1. Corn-gaoliang-soybean-spring wheat area: the three north-eastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, that is, the whole of the Northeast China Plain.[...]
The Northeast China Plain is becoming a major grain-producing area because of its relatively high level of farm mechanization and increasing crop yields.
- 1994, Zhao Songqiao, Geography of China, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, LCCN 93-34414, OCLC 924756697, page 44:
- The first large-scale oil field (Daqing or “Great Celebration,” Color Plate 10) was discovered in the northern Northeast China Plain in 1959, and China became self-sufficient in petroleum for the first time in 1965.
- 2003, Whiteford, Gary T., China (Modern World Nations), Chelsea House, →ISBN, LCCN 2002007326, OCLC 49844512, OL 9413235M, pages 94-95:
- Oil
China has made great strides in oil production. It is the fifth largest producer in the world. Proven oil reserves for China are ranked ninth in the world, similar to the United States, with up to 24 billion barrels. The country, which is the third largest consumer in the world, became self-sufficient in 1965. This was, in part, because of a large oil field discovered in the northern Northeast China Plain.
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Synonyms
- Manchurian Plain
Translations
plain located in Northeast China
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