This is also known as Taiyuan loess landscape formed by loess accumulation. It specifically refers to the long strip of tableland covered with loess along the banks of the Yellow River, Wei River and Fen River in the Fenwei Basin. An example is the Taiyuan loess landscape in the Guanzhong Basin in Shaanxi Province (Fig. 7).
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(2020). Taiyuan Loess Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2416
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