1. Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment CHINA THE SETTING Part 1 Population and Physiography
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2. First Day
Your Name
Why are you here?
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3. Electronic Atlas Great Web Site – can use this for study purposes
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4. Circa 1100 AD
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6. Relative Size & Location of China
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7. I. China The Geography and Environment
Key Geographic concepts
Pattern vs Process
Site vs Situation
“carrying capacity”, local resource
network impacts
Push, Pull and Barriers to spread
Hearth Areas and Diffusion
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9. Population Concentrations
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10. Population Summary Classes
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11. Population Concentrations another view
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14. One Child Starts

15. Urban Explosion In China
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16. * Arid – Humid Divide North – South Divide Basins vs. Mountains Rivers
Physiography: The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns
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17. Remote Image
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18. Large Scale Remote Image
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19. False Color Remote Image of Topography
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20. Change in False Colors China Geography & Envr
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21. Close-up: Winter Image of Kelan, Shanxi, China
This four-meter resolution satellite image was collected by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on Jan. 26, The image shows the highlands of Kelan, located in the northwest corner of Shanxi Province in China. The highlands, shown here with patches of snow, are more than 2,000 meters above sea level. China could use remote sensing technologies to manage and protect its environment from soil erosion, deforestation, water shortages and droughts, many due to increased economic development.
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22. Close-up: Winter Image of Kelan, Shanxi, China
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23. Physiography
ARID
Qinling Mts.
HUMID
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24. Large Scale Remote Image
Qinling Mts.
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25. Mountains Basins Major Rivers & Valleys What are their locations
What general orientations (directions) do they follow
Basins
Red Basin
Arid Inland Basins
Major Rivers & Valleys
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Huang He (Yellow)
Xi (Pearl)
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26. Mountains Altay Mts. (Altai) Tien Shan Kunlun (Kunlung) Qinling Mts
Junggar
Tien Shan
Tarim
Kunlun (Kunlung)
Qaidam
North China Plain
Altun Mts.
Qinling Mts
Himalaya
Red
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27. Basins Tarim Junggar or Dzungarian Qaidam Red North China Plain
Qinling Mts
Red
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28. Tarim Basin: Takalamakin Desert
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29. Deserts of China Gobi refers to gravely and Shamo to sandy desert
Map of approximate area of sandy and gobi deserts (shamo) and sandy lands (shadi) in China Taklimakan Shamo; 2. Gurban Tonggut Shamo; 3. Kumtag Shamo; 4. the shamo in the Qaidam Basin; 5. Badain Jaran Shamo; 6. Tengger Shamo; 7. Ulan Buh Shamo; 8. Qubqi Shamo; 9. Mu Us Shadi; 10. Ortindag Shadi; 11. Horqin Shadi; 12. Hulun Buir Shadi; and 13. shamo in Turpan Depression.
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31. Compare Topography & Population
Which Basins and lowlands have population, which don’t?
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32. Compare Topography & Population
Note the populations along the edge of western basins, but generally not on the Tibetan Plateau
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33. Settlements in 3rd Century AD
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34. Physiographic Regions Any major cities outside the continental margin?
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35. Simplified Regions
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36. Sub-Regions
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40. Key Concepts Revealed
Population Patterns reveal the human process of meeting basic needs, especially food
Some sites have greater resources and thus higher carrying capacity
Rivers form networks linking resource rich areas and provide most basic resource H2O
Good land pulls population, people are pushed out of crowded spaces, natural barriers channel flows
North China plain is the cradle of Chinese civilization it diffused from this area
Modern economies favor locations on international networks (situation).
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41. Key Concepts Revealed
Local resources, like good farm land are a SITE characteristic, historically attracted population
Rivers that offer natural transportation links are a SITUATION characteristic (Yangtze River)
Patterns can be read off maps and then Geographers can speculate on Processes causing them
Mountains are barriers to spread, valleys, basins, and lowlands encourage movement and migration (as long as not desert)
North China was an important hearth area for the diffusion of Chinese civilization
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