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Map of the Shanxi Rift System along the eastern margin of the Ordos Block. The Shanxi Rift System or Fen–Wei Rift System [1] is a zone of active extensional tectonics that forms the eastern margin of the Ordos Block in northern China. The zone extends for at least 900 km (560 mi) and runs south-southwest to north-northeast.
Map of the Shanxi Rift System along the eastern margin of the Ordos Block. Western Henan and southern Shanxi in northern China were struck by an earthquake of estimated magnitude M s 6.8 on 23 October 1815. The epicentre was in Pinglu County in southernmost Shanxi, which was the worse affected area.
Map of the Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley (Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 6,000 or 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, the definition varying between sources, that runs from the southern Turkish Hatay Province in Asia, through the Red Sea, to Mozambique in Southeast Africa.
Pinglu District (simplified Chinese: 平鲁区; traditional Chinese: 平魯區; pinyin: Pínglǔ Qū) is a district of the city of Shuozhou, Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
African Rift Valley. From left to right: Lake Upemba, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika (largest), and Lake Rukwa. A rift valley near Quilotoa, Ecuador. The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben Þingvallavatn. A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges produced by the action of a geologic rift.
China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia ...
The Pinglu Canal (Chinese: 平陆运河; pinyin: Pínglù yùnhé), is a 134.2-kilometer inland river I-class waterway under construction between Xijin reservoir on the Yu river in Hengzhou and the lower part of the Qin River, allowing access to the Beibu Gulf. The canal will shorten the route between inland Guangxi and the sea by up to 560 km ...
The Loess Plateau is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is located southeast of the Gobi Desert and is surrounded by the Yellow River. It includes parts of the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi. [4]