Yinchuan Plain

Yinchuan Plain, also called the Yinchuan–Wuzhong Plain or Xitao Plain or Ningxia Plain, is a plain located in the north central part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.
Since ancient times, Yinchuan Plain has been well developed in irrigation agriculture, so it has been hailed as the "southern type of scene in the northern frontier" and "the barn in the northern frontier".
Yinchuan Plain is the largest plain in Ningxia and an important commercial grain base in Northwest China. It is a Cenozoic fault basin covered by about of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits.

Geography

Yinchuan Plain is located on the banks of the Yellow River in the northern part of Ningxia, China, with Shizuishan in the north, Loess Plateau in the south, the Ordos Plateau in the east, and the Helan Mountains in the west.

Yinchuan Plain has a history of more than 2000 years of diverting water from the Yellow River for irrigation.