陜北黃土高原喺“北山”（一般指陜北高原南緣同關中盆地過渡地帶嘅石質山丘）以北，是中國黃土高原中心部分，海拔800～1300米，約佔陜西省總面積嘅45%。陜北地勢西北高，東南低，北部係風沙區，南部是丘陵溝壑區。陜北畜牧業 較為發達，煤、石油同天然氣等儲量豐富。
The Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi is located in the north of the Oubei Mountain Umbrella (generally referring to the stony hills in the southern margin of the Northern Shaanxi Plateau and the transition zone of the Guanzhong Basin), which is the central part of the Loess Plateau in China, with an altitude of 800~1300 meters, accounting for about 45% of the total area of Shaanxi Province. The terrain of northern Shaanxi is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with wind-blown sand areas in the north and hilly and gully areas in the south. Northern Shaanxi has a well-developed animal husbandry industry and abundant reserves of coal, oil and natural gas.