Yuen Long Plain

The Yuen Long Plain (Chinese: 元朗平原; pinyin: Yuanlang Pingyuan), in the northwestern corner of the New Territories, is the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong. With an area of 144.3 square kilometres (55.7 sq mi), it was formed between the time of the Tang dynasty (618–907) and Song dynasty (960–1279). It covers Yuen Long Town, Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan, Ping Shan, Shap Pat Heung, Hung Shui Kui, San Tin, Lok Ma Chau, Pat Heung, Kam Tin, Nam Sang Wai, Mai Po, etc.

In the past it was mainly covered by marshes, fields and fish ponds. Yuen Long New Town and Tin Shui Wai New Town were built on the plain.

Yuen Long Plain (From the view of Aviary Pagoda)

Plains of China

Northeast China Plain	Sanjiang Plain Songnen Plain Liaohe Plain Amur River Valley Yalu River Valley

North China Plain	Haihe Plain Yellow River Flood Plain Yellow River Delta Jiaolai Plain Huaihe Plain Huanghuai Plain Lixiahe Plain

Middle and Lower Reaches Plain of Yangtze River	Lianghu Plain (Dongtinghu Plain Jianghan Plain) Boyanghu Plain Wanzhong Yanjiang Plain Yangtze River Delta Taihu Plain Hangjiahu Plain Xiaoshao Plain Ganfu Plain Liyang Plain Chaohu Plain Jianghuai Plain

Coastal Plains in Southeast China	Ningshao Plain Wenhuang Plain Weirui Plain Aojiang Plain Fujian Plains(Fuzhou Plain Xinghua Plain Quanzhou Plain Zhangzhou Plain) Chaoshan Plain Pearl River Delta Xunjiang Plain Nanliu River Delta Binyang Plain Yuen Long Plain

Upper and Middle Reaches Plains of Yellow River	Huangshui Valley Yinchuan Plain Hetao Plain Tumochuan Plain Fen River Valley Yuncheng Basin Qinshui Basin Guanzhong Plain

Other Plains	Chengdu Plain Han River Valley Ili River Valley Hexi Corridor