Liyang Plain

Liyang Plain
Chinese澧阳平原
LocationNorthwestern Hunan[1]
Known forThe earliest origin of rice in the world[2]

Liyang Plain[3] or Liyang Pingyuan[4] (simplified Chinese: 澧阳平原; traditional Chinese: 澧陽平原; pinyin: Lǐyáng píngyuán) is a plain is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Lishui River on the northwestern shore of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province.[5] It includes numerous rivers and lakes.[6]

Liyang Plain is recognized as one of the first places where rice cultivation originated in the world.[7]

References

  1. ^ Zhao, Chengshuangping; Mo, Duowen (Mar 2, 2020). "Holocene hydro-environmental evolution and its impacts on human occupation in Jianghan-Dongting Basin, middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China". Journal of Geographical Sciences. 30 (3): 423–438. doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1735-6.
  2. ^ "Liyang Plain is recognized as the earliest origin of rice in the world". China News Service. 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ Paul R. Goldin (15 May 2018). Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History. Routledge. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-317-68191-5.
  4. ^ Li Liu; Xingcan Chen (30 April 2012). The Archaeology of China: From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Cambridge University Press. pp. 441–. ISBN 978-0-521-64310-8.
  5. ^ "New evidence for the origin of rice farming in the world". People's Daily. 2014-03-17.
  6. ^ Anne P. Underhill (26 February 2013). A Companion to Chinese Archaeology. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 549–. ISBN 978-1-118-32578-0.
  7. ^ Vinod Chandra Srivastava (2008). History of Agriculture in India, Up to C. 1200 A.D. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-81-8069-521-6.

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