Liaohe oil field in Panjin, Liaoning, China

The Liaohe Plain is a paddy plain located in the southern tip of Northeast China, part of the greater Northeast China Plain.[1] The Liaohe Plain is one of the most important industrial zones in Liaoning, and with a cultivated land area of 144 million hectares, the area of the paddy-growing fields of its rice field station has increased by 977.1 sq km, from 1988 to 2006.[2][3][4]

Location

Liaohe is located in China's golden belt of maize production, and serves as a strategic commodity grain base.[4] Liaohe's average annual temperatures in January and July are −9.8 to 8.6 °C and 24.4 °C, with irrigation generally starting in early May.[1] Cultivation activity includes oil and gas exploration, aquaculture, and salt production. Excessive land usage contributes to the deformation of the plain, detrimental to the environment and economic construction projects.[3]

The adjacent Liaohe River Basin is one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change in China and is also important to grain production in Inner Mongolia.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Qing-Yu, Jia; Wen-Ying, Yu; Li, Zhou; Ri-Hong, Wen; Yan-bing, Xie; Ni-Na, Chen (2019-02-26). "Methane emissions from typical paddy fields in Liaohe Plain and Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China". Environmental Research Communications. 1 (1): 011006. Bibcode:2019ERCom...1a1006Q. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ab06e5. ISSN 2515-7620.
  2. ^ Qing-Yu, Jia; Wen-Ying, Yu; Li, Zhou; Ri-Hong, Wen; Yan-Bing, Xie; Ni-Na, Chen (2019). "Methane emissions from typical paddy fields in Liaohe Plain and Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China". Environmental Research Communications. 1 (1): 011006. Bibcode:2019ERCom...1a1006Q. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ab06e5.
  3. ^ a b Sun, He; Zhang, Qin; Zhao, Chaoying; Yang, Chengsheng; Sun, Qifa; Chen, Weiran (2017-01-01). "Monitoring land subsidence in the southern part of the lower Liaohe plain, China with a multi-track PS-InSAR technique". Remote Sensing of Environment. 188: 73–84. Bibcode:2017RSEnv.188...73S. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.10.037. ISSN 0034-4257.
  4. ^ a b YANG, Ling; YANG, Yan-zhao; FENG, Zhi-ming; ZHENG, Ya-nan (June 2016). "Effect of maize sowing area changes on agricultural water consumption from 2000 to 2010 in the West Liaohe Plain, China". Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 15 (6): 1407–1416. doi:10.1016/s2095-3119(15)61185-6. ISSN 2095-3119.
  5. ^ Zhong, Yulong; Zhong, Min; Feng, Wei; Zhang, Zizhan; Shen, Yingchun; Wu, Dingcheng (April 2018). "Groundwater Depletion in the West Liaohe River Basin, China and Its Implications Revealed by GRACE and In Situ Measurements". Remote Sensing. 10 (4): 493. Bibcode:2018RemS...10..493Z. doi:10.3390/rs10040493.

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