Loess Plateau

English Etymology From en loess plateau. en When/how did this wording originate? Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Loess Plateau.wav US Proper noun Loess Plateau - A plateau that covers an area of some 640,000 km² in the upper and middle reaches of China's Yellow River. en 1993 Dazhong Wen Soil erosion and conservation in China David Pimentel (scientist) David Pimentel World Soil Erosion and Conservation https://archive.org/details/worldsoilerosion0000unse/ w:Cambridge University Press 0-521-41967-0 26096424 1715582M 64 https://archive.org/details/worldsoilerosion0000unse/page/64/ The Loess PlateauChina’s Loess Plateau is the most widely distributed loess area on earth. This loess is a deep deposit of paleosol, and the plateau is most systematically and completely developed for crops (Zhu Xianmo, 1986). en 1994 Zhao Songqiao Geography of China https://archive.org/details/geographyofchina0000zhao/ w:John Wiley & Sons 0-471-57758-8 93-34414 924756697 48 https://archive.org/details/geographyofchina0000zhao/page/48/ First excavated in A.D. 1963 at Lantian (near Xi’an) on the warm temperate Loess Plateau, the Lantian people lived about 800,000 to 600,000 years before the present. en Translations plateau that covers an area in China's Yellow River Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黃土高原 huángtǔ gāoyuán Danish: da Finnish: fi Kiinan lössiylänkö Polish: pl Wyżyna Lessowa f Portuguese: pt Russian: ru Лёссовое плато́ n, ru Лёссовая равни́на f Further reading en 1998 Loess Plateau Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1767 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1767/ 1 en Places in China Plateaus