Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain

The Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain,^[1] or Hangjiahu Plain (Chinese: 杭嘉湖平原; pinyin: Háng–Jiā–Hú Píngyuán) is the largest plain in Zhejiang province, and is an integral part of the Yangtze Delta. Comprising an area of 7,620 square kilometres (2,940 square miles),^[2] it is bound by Lake Tai to the north, the Qiantang River / Hangzhou Bay to the south, and Tianmu Mountain to the west. It includes all of the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, most of Huzhou, and the northeastern part of Hangzhou.

Geography

The plain has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), influenced by the East Asian Monsoon, with cool winters and very hot and humid summers. The topography is generally low-lying and flat, at around 3 metres (9.8 feet) elevation,^[2] though slightly higher to the south and east and lower sloping towards Lake Tai. Its river and canal network, including the Grand Canal itself, at 12.7 km per km² (20.4 mi per sq. mi.), is the densest in all of China.^[2] From the 1960s to the 2000s, declining aquifer levels from continual groundwater extraction have caused some of the strongest land subsidence in China.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Cao, Guoliang; Han, Dongmei; Moser, Jessa (2013). "Groundwater Exploitation Management Under Land Subsidence Constraint: Empirical Evidence from the Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China". Environmental Management. 51 (6): 1109–1125. Bibcode:2013EnMan..51.1109C. doi:10.1007/s00267-013-0037-5. PMID 23604266.
^ ^a ^b ^c 杭嘉湖平原. 中国百科网 (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

External links

[Springer_subsidence-1] Cao, Guoliang; Han, Dongmei; Moser, Jessa (2013). "Groundwater Exploitation Management Under Land Subsidence Constraint: Empirical Evidence from the Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China". Environmental Management. 51 (6): 1109–1125. Bibcode:2013EnMan..51.1109C. doi:10.1007/s00267-013-0037-5. PMID 23604266.

[china_baike_intro-2] 杭嘉湖平原. 中国百科网 (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

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