Transcript Geography of China

GEOGRAPHY OF CHINA
POLITICAL MAP
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China
Mil es
2,000
1,500
United States
Size
3.7 million square miles
3.6 million square miles
Population
1,331,460,000
307,006,500
Main physical barrier
Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, Rockies
Gobi Desert
Main River
Yangtze / East - West
Mississippi / North – South
Population
East Coast
East and West Coasts
Connectivity problems
North - South
East - West
IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC
CONCEPTS - CHINA
Landforms &
Regions
Population
River Systems
• Impact of Landscape
• Distribution & Density
• Income Disparities
• Huang He (Yellow River)
• Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
POPULATION DENSITY
Population Density
TOPOGRAPHY OF CHINA
Physical Barriers
Gobi Desert
Mongolian and
Tibetan Plateaus
Himalayan
Mountains
WHERE IS THE LAND BEING FARMED?
Agricultural Regions
REGIONAL AND RURAL URBAN GDP
DISPARITIES
RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION PATTERNS
MAJOR RIVERS IN CHINA
HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER)
Name comes from yellowbrown soil that winds
carry from the North
China Plain into the river
leaving fertile soil
“River of Sorrow”
• Frequent floods
• 1931 flood – 4 million died of
starvation
THE POLLUTED YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE)
CHANG JIANG (YANGZE)
Used for trade
• Mouth lies at Shanghai
Three Gorges Dam
• Developed for hydroelectric power,
flood control, and improved navigation
• Supporters say that electric power
will outweigh environmental damage
• Critics say the dam will flood
farmland and force people out
Endangered
Fish
Shoddy
Construction
Fear of
Earthquakes
Flooding
Displacement
of People
POPULATION PATTERNS &
PROJECTIONS
Why are population
patterns changing?
Population Control
-One Child Policy
…to be continued…