ChinaChina

Basics - GeographyBasics - Geography

Tibetan PlateauTibetan Plateau

4500 meters = 14700 feet

World’s largest Four times the size

of Texas Enhance monsoons Dry out Asia

4500 meters = 14700 feet

World’s largest Four times the size

of Texas Enhance monsoons Dry out Asia

Gobi DesertGobi Desert

Gobi DesertGobi Desert

Northeast of Tibetan Plateau

Fifth largest Rocky not sandy Cold Desertification

Northeast of Tibetan Plateau

Fifth largest Rocky not sandy Cold Desertification

Taklamakan DesertTaklamakan Desert

“Go in and you will never come out”

17th Largest

Northwest of Tibetan Plateau

Cold

“Go in and you will never come out”

17th Largest

Northwest of Tibetan Plateau

Cold

The Great WallThe Great Wall

The Great WallThe Great Wall

Built in sections from 5th through 16th centuries

Majority during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

5,500 miles

Built in sections from 5th through 16th centuries

Majority during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

5,500 miles

Yellow/Huang He RiverYellow/Huang He River

Yellow/Huang He RiverYellow/Huang He River

2nd longest in China (sixth overall)

Loess Flows west to east

Little more than 3000 miles

2nd longest in China (sixth overall)

Loess Flows west to east

Little more than 3000 miles

Yellow/Huang He RiverYellow/Huang He River

Cradle of Chinese civilization

“When the Yellow River flows clear”

Prone to flooding

Hydroelectric dams

Cradle of Chinese civilization

“When the Yellow River flows clear”

Prone to flooding

Hydroelectric dams

Yangtze RiverYangtze River

Yangtze RiverYangtze River

Longest in Asia (3rd overall)

About 4000 miles

Tibetan Plateau to Shanghai

Three Gorges Dam (largest hydroelectric)

Longest in Asia (3rd overall)

About 4000 miles

Tibetan Plateau to Shanghai

Three Gorges Dam (largest hydroelectric)

Yangtze River DeltaYangtze River Delta

40% of China’s GDP

$2 Trillion East China Sea Urban expansion

40% of China’s GDP

$2 Trillion East China Sea Urban expansion

Pearl RiverPearl River

Pearl RiverPearl River

Third longest in China

About 1400 miles

One of the most polluted in the world

Guangzhou

Third longest in China

About 1400 miles

One of the most polluted in the world

Guangzhou

BeijingBeijing

Peking Capitol of PRC Political, educational, and cultural center

Means “Northern Capitol”

Peking Capitol of PRC Political, educational, and cultural center

Means “Northern Capitol”

Beijing Railway Station

Beijing Railway Station

NanjingNanjing

NanjingNanjing

Also Nanking Means “Southern capitol”

Yangtze River Delta

Economic center

Also Nanking Means “Southern capitol”

Yangtze River Delta

Economic center