Question

Rice cultivation is widely practiced in almost every part of Asia, including China. But in the northern part of China Proper wheat is more often grown instead of rice. What accounts for this exception?

Answer 1

i think The cultivation of wheat requires less rain than does rice.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

In the northern part of China Proper wheat is more often grown instead of rice Northern China because it is too cold and dry for rice cultivation (though rice is grown there today with the aid of modern technology) and consists largely of flat [ plains, grasslands, and desert; while Southern China is warm and rainy enough for rice and consists of lush mountains cut by river valleys.