1. March 16, 2017 Physical Geo of East Asia Notes ESSAY DUE TOMORROW!!!!
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2. Satellite View of China

3. Landforms of China

4. China’s Geography 3rd largest country in the world.
Comparable to the US in size
65% of the country is mountainous.
Arable land represents 12% of the national territory opposed to 25% for the United States.
Per capita (0.086 hectare) is well below the world average.
China
United States

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7. Bodies of Water Amur River Sea of Japan Yellow Sea Huang-He River
Yangtze River
Pacific Ocean
Xi River
South China Sea

8. The Yellow River Huang He (Yellow River). -Floods frequently.
-Extremely polluted
-Industrialization along the river

9. The Yangtze River Longest river in China Main river for southern China
3rd longest in the world
Main river for southern China
1/3 of China’s population
Empties out to China Sea at Shanghai
Main river for rice agriculture

10. Three Gorges Dam Along Yangtze River
One of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world
Reservoir flooded hundreds of villages and displaced millions

11. Mountain Ranges Altai Mts. Greater Khingan Tian Shan Kunlun Shan
Himalayan Mts.

12. Kunlun Mountains Located in the west
Where two of China’s great rivers begin (Yellow and Yangtze)

13. Deserts & Plateaus
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan Desert
Tibetan Plateau

14. All experience extreme cold
Mongolian Plateau
Nomadic herders
Tibetan Plateau
Averages more than 3,000 feet above sea level
Gobi Desert
Stretches more than 500,000 miles, mainly in Northern China and Mongolia
All three are scarcely populated because of severe climates and topography
All experience extreme cold

15. China Chinese Borders East: sea border. West: Deserts and mountains.
North: Deserts.
South: Himalayas.
Cultural division between the Han realm and the China of the minorities.
Maritime border
Cultural border
Physical border
Turkic
Mongols
Arid China
Gobi
Takla Makan
Koreas
Highland China
Tibetan
Han
Tai
Miao-Yao
Taiwan
Political border

16. Climate

17. China’s Climate Zones

18. Monsoon Precipitation Patterns
This region also benefits/suffers from the rainfall from monsoons
Sometimes receive typhoons = tropical storms

19. Winter Monsoons

20. Summer Monsoons

21. Precipitation in China

22. Summer Rainfall

23. Vegetation

24. Agricultural Regions in China

25. Arable Land

26. Natural
Resources

27. Major Chinese Industries
Major Industrial Areas near Beijing and Shanghai

28. Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in China
Large reserves of petroleum, coal, and natural gas.
Mineral resources include iron, lead, zinc, copper, etc.
Allowed them to be self- sufficient for much of its history

29. Environmental issues Suffering from: Deforestation Desertification
Soil erosion
Coastal pollution
Flooding
Poor urban air quality

30. Korea “The shrimp between the whales” About the size of Indiana.
Highly homogenous ethnically and linguistically
Religiously divided between Christianity (49%) and Buddhism (47%).
75% urban with 27% of the population living in Seoul (13 million).

31. Population Distribution Activity
Australia: 2 people per 15 desks
USA: 14 people per 15 desks
Japan: 14 people per 2 desks