Next to each of the following geographical features, briefly describe where they are in China and their significance to China's past and present.
- Mountains:
- Tianshan:Northwest China, a little bit west of Urumqi
- Altai:Very tip of Northwest China, stretching from Mongolia to about Karamay
- Himalaya:
Western China, on the border of China and India. it is the largest and highest mountain today. Water from the 3 major rivers come from these mountains.
- Dessert, Steppe and Plain:
- Takla Makan, Gobi: Gobi is in the north, border of China and Mongolia. Takla Makan is in the northwest, above Tibetan Plateau. Although no one can live in these areas because of bad living conditions, deserts are important too because the wind transports loess from them to other parts of China and fertilizes the soil.
- Mongolian steppe: is right above china and left of the Gobi Desert. Mongolians fed their horses from the grasses in this steppe to take over Asia!
- North China plain:North China plain is located in Northern China. This place was one of the most densely populated areas in the world because it was built up along the shore of the Yellow Sea by deposits of the Yellow River. It had rich, fertile land which was ideal for agriculture.
- Manchurian plain: This plain is on the northeast corner of china, also known as the "Chicken Head".
- Rivers:
- Yellow: where chinese agriculture was first invented, it also provided water for transportation, irrigation, fishing, water for drinking (for animals and humans) and is used as an energy source (hydropower).
- Yangtze: The Yangtze provided water for transportation, irrigation, fishing, water for drinking (for animals and humans) and is used as an energy source (hydropower).
- Pearl: next to Yangtze River, Where 50% of China’s grain, 20% of its jute, and other products like rubber, oil palm, coffee, and sisal hemp were produced.
- Cities:
- Beijing: The capital of China, located in the northern part of the North China Plain and its terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.
- Shanghai: located in East of China. A relatively new city with not but history. Most of us in SAS don't know this city.
- Hong Kong: located in southeast China, bordering on the South China Sea. Hong Kong is famous for having the Victorian Harbor which is one of the busiest trade harbors.
- Nanjing: This city bore the brunt of Japanese attacks in WW2, but survived and has alot of tourist attractions.