Northeast China Plain

Proper noun

the Northeast China Plain

1. A plain located in Northeast China lying between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains.
   • 1. Khorchin Sandy Land¹, ²
     This sandy land principally lies on the western part of the Northeast China Plain, spreading over the alluvial plain; along the banks of the tributaries of the West Liao Ho in its lower reaches (Figure 2), with a portion of its northern section distributed over a...1975 August 18 [1974], “Study of China's Deserts”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 316, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO...
   • 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.1982, Robert C. Hsu, Food for One Billion: China's Agriculture Since 1949, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18

   Synonyms:

   Manchurian Plain