Journal of Geographical Sciences, Volume. 30, Issue 2, 212(2020)
Geomorphological regionalization theory system and division methodology of China
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Fig. 1. Three-order geomorphologic regionalization (geomor-regions) in China(The names and codes of geomor-regions are shown in Tables 2-7.)
Table 1.
Examples of coding and naming methods of three-order geomor-regions in China
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Examples of coding and naming methods of three-order geomor-regions in China
Order First-order major-region Second-order sub-region Third-order small-region Coding methods Roman numerals I, II, III… Capitalized letter in alphabetic order A, B, C… Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3… Region example Eastern China plains, low mountains and hills region Northern and Eastern China plains sub-region Huang-Huai-Hai alluvial plain small-region Coding example I IG IG4
Table 2.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Eastern China Plains-Low Mountains-Hills Region I
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Eastern China Plains-Low Mountains-Hills Region I
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IA Wanda Mt and Sanjiang Plain low mountains and hills sub-region IA1 Sanjiang alluvial plains small-region IA2 Wanda Mt low mountains and hills small-region IA3 Xingkai Lake alluvial-lacustrine plains small-region IB Changbai Mt middle and low mountains, platforms and hills sub-region IB1 Changbai Mt middle and low mountains, lava platforms small-region IB2 Eastern Liaoning low mountains and hills small-region IB3 Zhangguangcai Mt middle and low mountains and hills small-region IC Eastern Shandong low mountains, hills and plains sub-region IC1 Jiaodong low mountains and hills small-region IC2 Jiaolai alluvial plains small-region IC3 Central Shandong middle and low mountains and hills small-region ID Xiao Hinggan Mt low mountains, hills and platforms sub-region ID1 Eastern Xiao Hinggan Mt low mountains and hills small-region ID2 Western Xiao Hinggan Mt hills and lava platforms small-region IE Songhua River-Liaohe River Plains sub-region IE1 Xiao Hinggan and Dahei Mts piedmont alluvial-diluvial plains and platforms small-region IE2 Lower reaches of Liaohe River alluvial-marine plains small-region IE3 Songhua River-Nenjiang River alluvial-lacustrine plains small-region IE4 Upper reaches of Liaohe River diluvial-alluvial plains small-region IE5 Eastern foot of Da Hinggan Mts hills small-region IE6 Middle reaches of Liaohe River alluvial plains small-region Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IF Yanshan Mts & western Liaoning low mountains, hills and platforms sub-region IF1 Western Liaoning hills and platforms small-region IF2 Yanshan Mt low mountains and hills small-region IG Northern and Eastern China plains sub-region IG1 Bohai Sea marine plains small-region IG2 Northern Jiangsu lacustrine-marine plains small-region IG3 Jiangsu and Zhejiang alluvial delta plains small-region IG4 Huang-Huai-Hai alluvial plain small-region IG5 Piedmont of Taihang Mts diluvial-alluvial plains small-region IG6 Piedmont of Funiu and Dabie Mts alluvial-diluvial plains small- region IH Ningzhen plains, hills and mounds sub-region IH1 Chuzhou low mountains, hills, mounds and plains small-region IH2 Southern Yangtze River hills and plains small-region IH3 Nanjing lower reaches of Yangtze River Plains small-region
Table 3.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Southeastern China Low Mountains-Hills-Plains Region II
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Southeastern China Low Mountains-Hills-Plains Region II
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IIA Zhejiang and Fujian middle and low mountains, hills and valleys sub-region IIA1 Zhejiang and Anhui middle and low mountains, hills and valleys small-region IIA2 Zhejiang and Fujian costal low mountains, hills and plains small-region IIA3 Central Zhejiang and Fujian middle and low mountains, hills and valleys small-region IIA4 Wuyi Mt middle and low mountains, hills and valleys small-region IIB Huaiyang low mountains, hills and mounds sub-region IIB1 Tongbai and Dabie Mts middle and low mountains and hills small- region IIB2 Nanyang Basin low mountains, hills, platforms and plains small-region IIC Middle reaches of Yangtze River low mountains, hills, plains and basins sub-region IIC1 Middle reaches of Yangtze River alluvial plains small-region IIC2 Jianghan lacustrine-alluvial plains small-region IIC3 Poyang Lake hills, mounds, alluvial-lacustrine plains small-region IIC4 Southern Jiangxi low mountains, hills and basins small-region IIC5 Mufu and Luoxiao Mts middle and low mountains, hills and basins small-region IIC6 Central-southern Hunan middle and low mountains, hills and basins small-region IID Southern China low mountains, hills and plains sub-region IID1 Eastern Guangdong coastal low mountains, hills, platforms and plains small-region IID2 Eastern Guangdong low mountains, hills, parallel ridges and valleys small-region IID3 Nanling Mts middle and low mountains and basins small-region IID4 Pearl River Delta plains small-region IID5 Guangdong and Guangxi low mountains, hills and basins small-region IID6 Western Guangxi karst low mountains, hills and basins small-region IID7 Guangdong and Guangxi coastal hills, platforms and plains small-region IID8 Northern Hainan platforms and plains small-region IID9 Southern Hainan middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIE Taiwan plains and mountains of sub-region IIE1 Eastern Taiwan middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIE2 Western Taiwan low mountains, hills and plains small-region
Table 4.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Northern China-Eastern Inner Mongolia Middle Mountains-Plateaus Region III
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Northern China-Eastern Inner Mongolia Middle Mountains-Plateaus Region III
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IIIA Da Hinggan Mt middle and low mountains sub-region IIIA1 Northern Da Hinggan Mt middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIIA2 Southern Da Hinggan Mt middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIIA3 Northwestern Hebei middle and low mountains small-region IIIA4 Da Hinggan Mt west slope low mountains and hills small-region IIIB Shanxi middle and low mountains and basins sub-region IIIB1 Northern Shanxi middle and low mountains and basins small-region IIIB2 Taihang Mt middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIIB3 Central-southern Shanxi basins small-region IIIB4 Lvliang Mt middle and low mountains and hills small-region IIIC Northeastern Inner Mongolia high plains sub-region IIIC1 Hulun Buir plateau small-region IIIC2 Xilin Gol plateau small-region IIIC3 Ulanqab high plain small-region IIID Ordos Plateau and Hetao Plains sub-region IIID1 Yinshan Mt middle and low mountains small-region IIID2 Hetao alluvial plains small-region IIID3 Ordos Plateau small-region IIID4 Helan Mt subalpine mountains small-region IIIE Loess Plateau sub-region IIIE1 Northern Shaanxi loessic ridges, tablelands and mounds small-region IIIE2 Fenhe and Weihe diluvial-alluvial plains and platforms small-region IIIE3 Liupan Mt middle and low mountains, hills and valleys small-region IIIE4 Gansu middle mountains, loessic ridges and mounds small-region
Table 5.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Northwestern China High and Middle Mountains-Basins-Plateaus Region IV
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Northwestern China High and Middle Mountains-Basins-Plateaus Region IV
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IVA Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang plateaus, hills and plains sub-region IVA1 Alxa plateaus, hills, aeolian plains small-region IVA2 Mazong Mt middle mountains and hills small-region IVA3 Hexi Corridor alluvial-diluvial plains small-region IVA4 Gaxun Gobi hills and basins small-region IVA5 Turpan-Hami alluvial-diluvial plains small-region IVB Altai Mt high and middle mountains sub-region IVB1 Altay Mt high and middle mountains small-region IVB2 Altay Mt low mountains and hills small-region IVC Junggar Basin sub-region IVC1 Ulungur and Ertix rivers alluvial plains small-region IVC2 Eastern Junggar Basin hills and plains small-region IVC3 Gurbantunggut Desert small-region IVC4 Western Junggar middle mountains and hills small-region IVC5 Southern margin of Junggar Basin diluvial-alluvial plains small-region IVC6 Tianshan Mt north piedmont low mountains, hills and plains small-region Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names IVD Tianshan Mt high mountains and basins sub-region IVD1 Eastern Tianshan Mt high mountains small-region IVD2 Northern Tianshan Mt high mountains small-region IVD3 Central Tianshan Mt high mountains and basins small-region IVD4 Yanqi Basin small-region IVD5 Southern Tianshan Mt high mountains small-region IVE Tarim Basin sub-region IVE1 Baicheng front range hills and basins small-region IVE2 Northern Tarim River lacustrine-alluvial plains small-region IVE3 Southeastern margin of Tarim River alluvial-diluvial platforms and plains small-region IVE4 Taklimakan Desert aeolian dunes small-region IVE5 Southern margin of Tarim River alluvial-diluvial plains small-region IVE6 Keping front range hills and basins small-region IVE7 Kashgar diluvial-alluvial plains small-region
Table 6.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Southwestern China Middle and Low Mountains-Plateaus-Basins Region V
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of Southwestern China Middle and Low Mountains-Plateaus-Basins Region V
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names VA Qinling-Daba Mts middle and low mountains sub-region VA1 Qinling Mts middle and high mountains small-region VA2 Southern Henan and Hanzhong middle and low mountains, hills and valleys small-region VA3 Daba Mt middle and low mountains and valleys small-region VB Hubei-Guizhou-Yunnan middle and low mountains and valleys sub-region VB1 Western Hubei plateau-Dalei Mt middle and low mountains, hilly plateaus and valleys small-region VB2 Wuling Mt middle and low mountains and valleys small-region VB3 Xuefeng Mt middle and low mountains small-region VB4 Southern Sichuan-Northern Guizhou-Eastern Yunnan karst plateaus and middle mountains small-region VB5 Central Guizhou karst middle mountains, hilly plateaus and basins small-region VB6 Southern Guizhou-southeastern Yunnan karst plateaus and middle mountains small-region VC Sichuan Basin sub-region VC1 Eastern Sichuan parallel low mountains, ridges and valleys small-region VC2 Northern Sichuan Basin low mountains and hills small-region VC3 Central Sichuan Basin hills and platforms small-region VC4 Western Sichuan Basin alluvial plains small-region VC5 Southern Sichuan Basin low mountains and hills small-region VD Southwestern Sichuan and Central Yunnan Plateaus, middle and low mountains and basins sub-region VD1 Wumeng and Liangshan Mts middle and high mountains small-region VD2 Central Yunnan karst plateaus middle mountains and valleys small-region VD3 Yanyuan and Chuxiong plateaus middle mountains and basins small-region VE Southwestern Yunnan middle and high mountains sub-region VE1 Southern Hengduan Mt middle and high mountains small-region VE2 Western Yunnan middle mountains and basins small-region VE3 Southwestern Yunnan middle mountains and valleys small-region
Table 7.
Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of the Tibetan Plateau High and Extremely High Mountains-Basins-Valleys Region VI
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Names and codes of the second-order sub-regions and third-order small-regions of the Tibetan Plateau High and Extremely High Mountains-Basins-Valleys Region VI
Second-order sub-regions Third-order small-regions Codes Names Codes Names VIA Altun & Qilian Mts high mountains and valleys sub-region VIA1 Northern Qilian Mt high mountains and valleys small-region VIA2 Southern Qilian Mt high mountains, valleys and basins small-region VIA3 Altun Mt high and extremely high mountains small-region VIB Qaidam Basin and Yellow River-Huangshui River high mountains and basins sub-region VIB1 Yellow River and Huangshui River valleys and basins small-region VIB2 South of Yellow River high mountains and basins small-region VIB3 Qaidam Basin small-region VIC Central and eastern Kunlun Mt high mountains sub-region VIC1 Eastern Kunlun Mt high mountains small-region VIC2 Eastern segment of central Kunlun Mt high mountains and plateaus small-region VIC3 Western segment of central Kunlun Mt high mountains and lake basins small-region VID Hengduan Mt high mountains and valleys sub-region VID1 Daxue-Minshan Mt extremely high and high mountains small-region VID2 Northern section of Hengduan Mt high mountains and valleys small-region VID3 Southern section of Hengduan Mt high mountains and valleys small-region VIE Sources of Three Rivers high hilly mountains and plateaus-upper reaches of rivers mountains and valleys sub-region VIE1 Sources of Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers hilly mountains and plateaus small-region VIE2 Upper reaches of Three Rivers high mountains and valleys small-region VIF Karakorum & western Kunlun Mt high and extremely high mountains sub-region VIF1 Western Kunlun Mt high and extremely high mountains small-region VIF2 Karakorum Mt high and extremely high mountains, broad valleys and basins small-region VIG Qiangtang Plateau lakes and basins sub-region VIG1 Hoh Xil plateau hilly mountains and plateaus and lake basins small-region VIG2 Qiangtang Plateau high and extremely high mountains and lake basins small-region VIH Himalayan high and extremely high mountains sub-region VIH1 Nyainqentanglha and Gangdise Mts high and extremely high mountains small-region VIH2 Northern Himalayas and Yarlung Zangbo River high mountains, valleys and basins small-region VIH3 Himalayan extremely high and high mountains small-region
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Nan WANG, Weiming CHENG, Baixue WANG, Qiangyi LIU, Chenghu ZHOU. Geomorphological regionalization theory system and division methodology of China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(2): 212
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Received: Jun. 26, 2019
Accepted: Aug. 7, 2019
Published Online: Sep. 29, 2020
The Author Email: CHENG Weiming (chengwm@lreis.ac.cn)
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