Editing Geography of China (section)

=== Eastern China ===
{{Main article|East China}}
;Northeast Plain
Northeast of Shanhaiguan a narrow sliver of flat coastal land opens up into the vast [[Northeast China Plain]]. The plains extend north to the crown of the "Chinese rooster", near where the [[Greater Khingan|Greater]] and [[Lesser Khingan|Lesser Hinggan]] ranges converge.  The [[Changbai Mountains]] to the east divide China from the Korean peninsula.

; North plain
The [[Taihang Mountains]] form the western side of the triangular [[North China Plain]]. The other two sides are the Pacific coast to the east and the Yangtze River to the southwest. The vertices of this triangle are Beijing to the north, Shanghai to the southeast, and Yichang to the southwest.  This alluvial plain, fed by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, is one of the most heavily populated regions of China.  The only mountains in the plain are the [[Mount Tai|Taishan]] in Shandong and [[Dabie Mountains]] of Anhui.

Beijing, at the north tip of the North China Plain, is shielded by the intersection of the Taihang and [[Yan Mountains]]. Further north are the drier grasslands of the Inner Mongolian Plateau, traditionally home to pastoralists. To the south are agricultural regions, traditionally home to sedentary populations.  The [[Great Wall of China]] was built across the mountains that mark the southern edge of the Inner Mongolian Plateau. The Ming-era walls run over {{convert|2000|km|mi|abbr=on}} east to west from Shanhaiguan on the [[Bohai Sea|Bohai]] coast to the [[Hexi Corridor]] in Gansu.

; South (hills)
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| caption2  = North slope of [[Changbaishan]] in [[Jilin Province]], near the border with [[North Korea]].
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East of the [[Tibetan Plateau]], deeply folded mountains fan out toward the [[Sichuan Basin]], which is ringed by mountains with 1,000–3,000 m elevation.  The floor of the basin has an average elevation of 500 m and is home to one of the most densely farmed and populated regions of China.  The Sichuan Basin is capped in the north by the eastward continuation of the [[Kunlun Mountains|Kunlun range]], the [[Qinling]], and the [[Daba Mountains|Dabashan]].  The Qinling and Dabashan ranges form a major north-south divide across [[China Proper]], the traditional core area of China.  Southeast of the Tibetan Plateau and south of the Sichuan Basin is the [[Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau]], which occupies much of southwest China.  This plateau, with an average elevation of 2,000 m, is known for its limestone [[karst]] landscape.

South of the Yangtze, the landscape is more rugged.  Like Shanxi Province to the north, [[Hunan]] and [[Jiangxi]] each have a provincial core in a river basin that is surrounded by mountains.  The [[Wuling Mountains|Wuling]] range separates Guizhou from Hunan.  The Luoxiao and [[Jinggang Mountains|Jinggang]] divide Hunan from Jiangxi, which is separated from Fujian by the [[Wuyi Mountains]].  The southeast coastal provinces, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, have rugged coasts, with pockets of lowland and mountainous interior.  The [[Nanling Mountains|Nanling]], an east–west mountain range across northern Guangdong, seals off Hunan and Jiangxi from Guangdong.