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ChinaChina
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Basics - GeographyBasics - Geography
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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
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Gobi DesertGobi Desert
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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
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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
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The Great WallThe Great Wall
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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
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Yellow/Huang He RiverYellow/Huang He River
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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
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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
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Yangtze RiverYangtze River
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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)
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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
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Pearl RiverPearl River
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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
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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”
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Beijing Railway Station
Beijing Railway Station
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NanjingNanjing
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NanjingNanjing
Also Nanking Means “Southern capitol”
Yangtze River Delta
Economic center
Also Nanking Means “Southern capitol”
Yangtze River Delta
Economic center