Yunnan–kweichow Plateau

Wade-Giles romanization  Yün-nan–kuei-chou Kao-yüan , Pinyin  Yunnan–guizhou Gaoyuan , also called  Kweichow Plateau , or  Yunkwei Plateau  highland region comprising the northern part of Yunnan province and the western part of Kweichow province, China. Yunnan is more distinctly a plateau with areas of rolling uplands, precipitous folded and fault-block mountain ranges, and deep, river-cut gorges. About 6,000 feet (2,000 m) in elevation, the Yunnan part has mountain peaks of more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m) in the west. In the Kweichow