China Geography Picture: by user:kallgan (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

China - Location Continent: Asia Map by Reton. [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

China - Overview Population: 1.3 billion (July 2016 est.) World rank: 1st for the most people Claimed but uncontrolled regions are in light green. Map by Ssolbergj [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

China- Overview Capital Beijing Largest city: Shanghai With 24,150,000 people, Shanghai is the largest city in the world.

China - Flag (From CIA World Factbook) red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner; the color red represents revolution, while the stars symbolize the four social classes - the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie (capitalists) - united under the Communist Party of China

China – Area Comparison China is slightly smaller than the United States Fourth largest country in terms of land area behind: 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. United States Map from CIA World Factbook

China - Location Major border countries include: Afghanistan India Kazakhstan Mongolia North Korea Russia Vietnam Other border countries include: Bhutan, Burma, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nepal, and Tajikistan

China - Geography China has: Tall mountains High plateaus Deserts Plains Map by Captain Blood (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

China’s Geography Mt. Everest: Tallest mountain on Earth (29,029 feet) On the border of China and Nepal

China - Geography Tibetan Plateau: World’s highest and largest plateau Often called “the Roof of the World” Earth image: This image is in the public domain because it is a screenshot from NASA’s globe software World Wind using a public domain layer, such as Blue Marble, MODIS, Landsat, SRTM, USGS or GLOBE. Picture: by Jochen Westermann from München, Germany (Wolken Berge Wasser Wiese) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

China’s Geography The Gobi Desert: Largest desert in northern China and southern Mongolia. The Gobi Desert is expanding every year due to water drying up, over-foresting and over-grazing by animals.

China - Geography Yangtze River: Longest River in China Third longest river in the world Empties into the East China Sea at Shanghai Picture: By Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org (Original Photograph) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

China – Geography Yellow River: Second longest river in Asia Ancient Chinese civilization grew around the Yellow River Sediment carried by the river gives it a yellow appearance Picture: André Holdrinet at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], from Wikimedia Commons