The Liaohe Plain is a paddy

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located in the southern tip of

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, apart of a greater

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. The Liaohe Plain is one of the most important industrial zones in Liaoning Province of China, and, with a cultivated land area of 144 million hectares, the Liaohe Plain rice field station's area of paddy-growing fields have increased by 977.1 square kilometers, located in the center, from 1988 to 2006. Liaohe is located in the golden belt of maize production, and serves as a strategic commodity grain base. Liaohe's average annual July and January temperatures are 8.6 to −9.8 °C for January, and 24.4 for July, with

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generally starting in early May. Cultivation activity include

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, aquaculture, and

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production. Excessive land usage contributed to

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of the plain, detrimental to the environment and economic construction projects. The adjacent Liaohe River Basin is of the most vulnerable areas to

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, but likewise, is important in

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in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.

References

Geography of Liaoning Grasslands of China Geography of Mongolia Rice production Agriculture in China {{Liaoning-geo-stub Plains of China Grasslands

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