GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

SEA OF JAPAN

• It's located east of North and South Korea
• It separates Japan from the rest of China
• It's enclosed arm of the Pacific Ocean
• Russia is north of the Sea of Japan

HUANG HE RIVER

• It's also called the Yellow River
• It gets its name from the yellow silt in the river
• Another name for the river is China's Sarrow
• The river floods terribly

GOBI DESERT

• Largest desert in China and in the world
• Stretches from China into Mongolia
• It's larger than Texas and California combined
• It is 500,000 square miles

HIMALAYA MTS.

• Worlds highest mountains
• South of the Plateau of Tibet
• Located in Nepal and Bhutan
• Also located in northern India and southwestern China

KOREA STRAIT

• Waterway between South Korea and Japan
• Connects the Sea of Japan with East China Sea
• Lies south of Korea
• East of the Yellow Sea

TAIWAN

• It is an island country
• It's located off the east coast of southeastern China
• It's experienced many prehistoric migrations
• Japanese seized Taiwan after winning a war with China in 1895