Liyang Plain Explained

Liyang Plain
Label1:	Chinese
Data1:	澧阳平原
Label2:	Location
Data2:	Northwestern Hunan^[1]
Label3:	Known for
Data3:	The earliest origin of rice in the world^[2]

Liyang Plain^[3] or Liyang Pingyuan^[4] 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]

Notes and References

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