Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment CHINA THE SETTING Part 2: Climate and Agriculture China Geography & Envr
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Part 2 Climate Agriculture China Geography & Envr
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Climate Comparison to US Dry Winter Dry Summer No Dry Season Dry Always No Dry Season China Geography & Envr
Climate Comparison to US Carefully review these two maps and note: how western China lacks a large inhabitable area like the US West Coast the difference in climatic change along each places east coast Which country seems to have more habitable areas? China Geography & Envr
Precipitation A major factor in China’s Climatic Regions China Geography & Envr Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at)
A monsoon is not just any heavy rain that lasts for a long time A monsoon is not just any heavy rain that lasts for a long time. Rather, a monsoon is like a giant sea-breeze. A normal sea breeze changes daily, with the day-to-night change of land temperature as the sun rises and sets; monsoons change seasonally. Figure A compares seasonal shifts in the monsoon circulation. Most of the time during the summer, the land is warmer than the ocean. This causes air to rise over the land and air to blow in from the ocean to fill the void left by the air that rose. As you know, rising air leads to cloud formation and precipitation. These monsoon clouds that form are full of moisture from the ocean, so they can produce heavy rainfall for long periods of time. Because the land stays warmer than the ocean for most of the summer and the ocean is a constant source of moisture, these heavy rains last for months at a time. A monsoon climate is marked by dry winters and wet summers. About a quarter of the globe experiences a monsoon climate. https://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.monsoons China Geography & Envr
Percipitation China Geography & Envr
IIASA-LUC GIS DatabaseCLIMATE - Northern ASIA 5km monthly database http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/SRD/ChinaFood/pres_1.htm MAP ANIMATION: CHINA - Annual precipitation Animation Raw Maps MAP ANIMATION: CHINA – Length of Growing Season Animation China Geography & Envr
China Geography & Envr Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at)
Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at) China Geography & Envr
Global Perspective – somewhat crude http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/view.php?d1=TRMM_3B43M China Geography & Envr
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Agricultural Regions A –1 crop/yr B –2 crops/yr or 3 crops every other year C – 2 crops/yr with Rice D – 2 rice crops/yr + 3rd crop E – 3 rice crops/yr China Geography & Envr
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New Rice Growing Areas of Manchuria China Geography & Envr
Crop and % of Land Cultivated China Geography & Envr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_China#/media/File:China_agricultural_1986.jpg
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Grain Production by Province in China http://circleofblue.org/china-grains.html China Geography & Envr
Forest Cover Another way of defining Humid and Arid China as well as North and South China Proper China Geography & Envr
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Recent Story from Government Paper: China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/25/content_21099483.htm China Geography & Envr