2. Satellite View of China

3. China’s Provinces

4. China—Asia’s Superpower

5. China United States

6. China Size 3.7 million square miles 3.6 million square miles Main physical barrier HimalayasRockies Main River Yangtze / East - West Mississippi / North – South Population East Coast Connectivity problems North - South East - West

7. Tibet Mongolia Southeast Asia Indian Subcontinent Russia N. Korea S> Korea Taiwan Philippines

8. BEIJING Harbin Nanjing Guangzhou Xi’an Shanghai Taipei Lhasa Hong Kong Macao

10. China’s Topography

11. Pacific “Rim of Fire”

12. Bodies of Water Huang-He River Y e l l o w S e a Yangtze River Pacific Ocean Amur River Xi River South China Sea Sea of Japan

13. The Yangtze River

14. Mountains & Peaks Tian Shan Altai Mts. Greater Khingan Kunlun Shan Himalayan Mts.

15. The Great Wall of China

16. Deserts & Plateaus Tibetan Plateau Taklamakan Desert Gobi Desert

17. Valleys / Plains / Basins Manchurian Plain North China Plain Tarim Basin Sichuan Basin

18. North China Plain

19. Agricultural Regions in China Shabdong Peninsula G r a n d C a n a l G r e a t W a l l CHUNG KUO

21. China’s Climate Zones

22. Monsoon Precipitation Patterns

23. Winter Monsoons

24. Summer Monsoons

25. Precipitation in China

26. Summer Rainfall

28. Agricultural Regions in China

29. Arable Land

30. “Brown” China vs. “Green” China Rice Dominant Wheat Dominant Pasture and Oasis Double-crop rice

31. South China

33. China as % of World Population

34. Top 10 Populated Nations 20012050

35. The Population of China

36. Population Projections

37. Population Density

38. Ethno-Linguistic Groups in China