The map of the northwest is as follows:

The five northwest provinces, namely the five northwest provinces and regions, include Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The five northwest provinces are based on the concept of administrative divisions, which are quite different from the northwest region or the northwest arid and semi-arid region in natural divisions.

Extended information:

Climate characteristics

Temperate monsoon climate, temperate continental climate, precipitation decreases from east to west and from south to north (Note: from Qinling Mountains to The southern region, namely southern Shaanxi, has a subtropical climate).

Topographic units

Mainly composed of plateaus, plains, and basins, including the Loess Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tarim Basin, Junggar Basin, Qaidam Basin, Hexi Plain (Corridor), Qin Bashandi et al.

Main cities: Xi'an, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Kashgar, Yinchuan, Xining, Jiuquan, Karamay, etc.

Natural landscape (from east to west): cultivated land---grassland---desert steppe---desert---plateau. Below the 400mm precipitation line, it is dominated by the Gobi Desert Plateau.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Five Northwest Provinces