Tectonic topography and Late Pleistocene activity of the West Qinling Fault, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

•Drainage systems have been systematically deflected by the WQLF in the Holocene.•The maximum cumulative displacement of the WQLF is calculated to be ~18 km.•The Holocene sinistral strike-slip rate of the WQLF is estimated to be ~2.7 mm/yr.•Low slip rate of the WQLF is constrained by convergence of the NE Tibetan Plateau.