Hydrological Response of East China to the Variation of East Asian Summer Monsoon

Figure 1

Watersheds in the monsoon region of East China. The 400 mm iso-hyetal line (pink curve) separates the monsoon region from the arid and semiarid region of Western China. Major croplands in China (gray areas) include A, the Sanjiang Plain, B, the Songnen Plain, C, the Hetao Plain, D, the North China Plain, E, the Taihu Plain, F, the Jianghan Plain, H, the Dongtinghu Plain, I, the Poyanghu Plain, G, the Chengdu Plain.