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Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division
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December 2, 2002

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Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces

The following slides illustrate the geography and agriculture of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces as seen in September 2002.  Click on the thumbnails to see the full-size image.

Shaanxi Rainfall-Yan'an.Plenty of moisture for winter wheat planting Shanxi Rainfall-Taiyuan Station. Plenty of moisture for winter wheat planting. Shaanxi Rainfall-Xian Station. More moisture is needed for the 2203/04 winter wheat crop. Shaanxi Grain Production. Corn and wheat production were about equal to one another in 2002.
Photo - Shanxi - Corn in field, about 30 days from harvest. Slide1.JPG (70108 bytes) Photo - Shanxi - Corn storage and chickens. Slide2.JPG (52463 bytes) Photo - Shanxi - Roadside food stand. Slide3.JPG (59532 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Greenhouse. Slide4.JPG (54798 bytes)
Photo - Shaanxi - Rural countryside near Yanan - homes and fields. Slide5.JPG (64281 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Apple picking and packaging. Slide6.JPG (63152 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Terraces. Slide7.JPG (51369 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Hills carved into terraces. Slide8.JPG (42819 bytes)
Photo - Shaanxi - Corn grown on terraces. Slide9.JPG (58706 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Soybean plots at an experimental farm. Slide10.JPG (72358 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Potatoes grown under plastic film on terraces. Slide11.JPG (60701 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Pigs. Slide12.JPG (57701 bytes)
Photo - Shaanxi - Abandoned cave homes. Slide13.JPG (63925 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - Irrigation canal. Slide14.JPG (62117 bytes) Photo - Shaanxi - New highways and services. Slide15.JPG (57727 bytes) Photo - Yellow River - Forms a waterfall as it cuts through bedrock between Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. Slide16.JPG (52555 bytes)

 

For more information, contact Paulette Sandene
with the Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division,
Center for Remote Sensing Analysis at (202) 202-690-0133.

 

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