North China Plain

The North China Plain (simplified Chinese: 华北平原code: zh is deprecated ; traditional Chinese: 華北平原code: zh is deprecated ; pinyin: Huáběi Píngyuán) is the large space of level land in eastern China. It was made by the Yellow River for the most part. It is the largest space of level land in eastern Asia. The Yellow River goes through the middle of the plain into the Bohai Sea. This plain is very important to China, because people grow lots of crops here. The North China Plain is 409,500 square kilometers. Most of this area is 50 meters below sea level. China's capital, Beijing, is in the north part of the plains. The southern part is sometimes called Zhongyuan, though it is also called the Central Plains. The Chinese civilization formed in the Central Plains.

North China Plain Media

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  Jinan, the capital of Shandong province

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  This set of maps shows how the summer heat stress over the North China Plain would change between now at the end of the century under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, the scenarios of "moderate" and intense climate change. It also shows how irrigation would exacerbate heat stress compared to a counterfactual where it is absent.