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China Geography Picture: by user:kallgan (Own work) [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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China - Location Continent: Asia
Map by Reton. [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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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 ( GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA ( via Wikimedia Commons
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China- Overview Capital Beijing Largest city: Shanghai
With 24,150,000 people, Shanghai is the largest city in the world.
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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
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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
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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
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China - Geography China has: Tall mountains High plateaus Deserts
Plains Map by Captain Blood (Own work) [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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China’s Geography Mt. Everest: Tallest mountain on Earth (29,029 feet)
On the border of China and Nepal
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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 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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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.
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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 (Original Photograph) [GFDL ( CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( or CC-BY-SA ( via Wikimedia Commons
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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 ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( from Wikimedia Commons
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