The Chengdu Plain ( Chinese: 成都平原;

Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally writte ...

: Chéngdū Píngyuán), known as Cuanxi Bazi ( Chinese: 川西坝子; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan¹xi¹ Ba⁴zi³) in Sichuanese, is an alluvial plain located in the western part of the

Sichuan Basin The Sichuan Basin (), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is drained by the upper Yangtze River and its tributar ...

in southwestern China.

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

, the capital of

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, is located at the center of it. The plain has fertile soil and a favorable climate for rice cultivation, giving it importance in agriculture.

References

Plains of China Landforms of Sichuan Geography of Chengdu {{Sichuan-geo-stub

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