Located in the northwest inland of China, it has a vast area, drought and water shortage, widespread deserts, many sandstorms, fragile ecology, sparse population, abundant resources, difficult development, long international border and favorable border trade.
Northwest China is located in the west of the Loess Plateau and the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, north of Kunlun Mountain, Altun Mountain, Qilian Mountain and the Great Wall, east of the border and south of the border-Mongolian Plateau. China has a long northwest border, bordering Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and other countries.
This area is vast, accounting for about 30% of the national area and 7.3% of the national population. Northwest China is one of the major minority areas in China. The population of ethnic minorities accounts for about 1/3 of the total population of ethnic minorities in China. The main ethnic minorities are Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Tibetan, Mongolian and Russian.
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Other geographical divisions:
1, northern region
Northern China is located in the north of Qinling-Huaihe River, south of Inner Mongolia Plateau, east of Daxing 'anling and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and east of Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, accounting for about 20% and 40% of the total population of China, of which Han nationality accounts for the vast majority.
2, the southern region
The southern region refers to the southern part of the monsoon region in eastern China, which is one of the four geographical divisions in China today. It is mainly the area south of the Qinling-Huaihe line, with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea in the east and south, respectively. The length of the mainland coastline accounts for more than two thirds of the country.
Administrative divisions include most of Jiangsu, most of Anhui, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, most of Yunnan, Guizhou, eastern Sichuan, Chongqing, southwestern Shaanxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan, Taiwan Province, southeastern Gansu and Xinyang, Henan.
The area accounts for about 25% of the land area, the population accounts for about 55% of the country, and the Han nationality accounts for the majority. There are more than 30 ethnic minorities in the whole region, with a population of more than 50 million, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan, Guangxi, Qiong and other places, with a large number of Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Buyi, Dong, Bai, Hani, Dai and Li nationalities.
3. Qinghai-Tibet region
Qinghai-Tibet region is one of the four geographical divisions in China today, which is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, mainly including Qinghai Province and Xizang Autonomous Region, hence the name Plateau. There is little land suitable for farming here, but grasslands are widely distributed and are important pastoral areas in China.
The Qinghai-Tibet region has become a unique region because of its towering terrain and is known as the roof of the world. The Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Lancang River (called Mekong River in foreign countries) all originate here.
Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the highest and longest plateau railway in the world today. There are abundant solar energy, geothermal energy and hydraulic resources. Among them, the hydropower reserves of the Yarlung Zangbo River are second only to the Yangtze River.
Qinghai-Tibet region is the main inhabited area of Tibetans. Most Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism (commonly known as Lamaism). Potala Palace in Lhasa and Ta 'er Temple in Xining are both famous holy places of Tibetan Buddhism.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Northwest China