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Geography of China by Eliza Fox and Alyssa Watts
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Geography of China by Eliza Fox and Alyssa Watts

CHINA

China is a populous nation in East Asia whose landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline. Mostly famously for the Great Wall Of China. There president is Xi Jinping.

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China is a very diverse land from the cities and lakes and the mountains and desserts.

NORTH CHINA PLAIN

The North China plain is a good place to grow crops because it has very fertile soil. It is near a port and a delta. They grow Cotten wheat and soy beans.

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Handy hint: the darker the color the more heavenly populated


As you can see the North China Plain is the most populated area in China. This is due to it's fertile soil.

YELLOW RIVER

This is the Yellow River. It is 3,395mi long! In fact it is the longest river in Asia and the 6th longest in the world. It is Yellow due the loess that bows in from the Gobi desert.

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It is also called the Huang He River

BEIJING

Beijing is the capital of China. The population is more than 21 million people in Beijing. Beijing was established in 1046 BC. Beijing rank in population is 27 in China.

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This is Beijing's state flower
China Rose

YELLOW SEA

The Yellow Sea was given this name by the northern part of the East China Sea. There is an extension at the Yellow Sea witch is called Korea Bay.

Guangxi Zhungzhu

The Guangxi Zhungzhu is near the gulf of Token and Vietnam. It is warm and humid which is the best farming climate. The farming there is so good that they often double crop.

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WARNING!!!!!!
SINKHOLES!!!!!


Did you know? There are many sinkholes in Guangxi Zhungzhu because of the limestone in the ground which is about the consistency of chalk.

TIBETAN PLATO

The Tibetan Plato is 16000 feet high in altitude. The Zhuang people who are the largest minority in China. They grow barely. They are nomadic.

HIMALAYAS

The Himalayas are a mountain range that is most famous for Mt. Everest

TAKlAMAKAN DESERT

The Taklamakan Desert has an area of 337,000 km2 (130,000 sq mi),[8] making it slightly smaller than Germany, and includes the Tarim Basin, which is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long and 400 kilometres (250 mi) wide. It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road as travellers sought to avoid the arid wasteland.[9] It is the world's second largest shifting sand desert with about 85% made up of shifting sand dunes[10] ranking 16th in size in a ranking of the world's largest deserts.[11]

GULF OF TONKIN

The gulf of Tonkin is a northern arm of the South China Sea. The gulf was defined in the west by northern coastline of Vietnam.

SOUTH CHINA SEA

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,400,000 sq mi). The sea carries tremendous strategic importance; one-third of the world's shipping passes through it carrying over $3 trillion in trade each year,[3] it contains lucrative fisheries that are crucial for the food security of millions in Southeast Asia, and huge oil and gas reserves are believed to lie beneath its seabed.
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GOBI DESERT

The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia. It's known for its dunes, mountains and rare animals such as snow leopards and Bactrian camels. In the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, the Khongoryn Els sand dunes are said to sing when the wind blows