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The Loess Plateau provides simple yet insulated shelter from the cold winter and hot summer in the region, as homes called '' where the Communist Party led by Mao Zedong headquartered in 1930s. When Edgar Snow , the author of '' Red Star Over China '', visited Mao and his party, he lived in a '' Yaodong ''. The Loess Plateau was highly fertile and easy to farm in ancient times, which contributed to the development of early Chinese civilization around the Loess Plateau. Hundreds of years of Deforestation and over-grazing, exacerbated by China's population increase, have resulted in degenerated Ecosystem s, Desertification and poor local economies. The Loess Plateau was formed over long Geologic Time s, and scientists have derived valuable information about global Climate Change from samples taken from the deep layer of its silty soil. |