Liaohe Plain

[2][3][4] 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.