Transcript Geography of China - Helena Public School District

World Cultures
Satellite View of China
China’s Provinces
China—Asia’s Superpower
China vs. the U. S. in Size
China
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SOURCE: Topic 5: “The Awakening Giant” by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of
Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.
Comparing China & the U. S.
Size
Main physical
barrier
Main River
Population
Connectivity
problems
China
United States
3.7 million
square miles
Himalayas
3.6 million
square miles
Rockies
Yangtze / East Mississippi /
- West
North – South
East Coast
East Coast
East - West
North - South
Countries & Regions
Russia
Mongolia
N. Korea
S> Korea
Tibet
Indian
Subcontinent
Taiwan
Southeast
Asia
Philippines
Cities
Harbin
BEIJING
Lhasa
Nanjing
Shanghai
Xi’an
Taipei
Guangzhou
Macao
Hong
Kong
Completed Political Map
Harbin
Mongolia
BEIJING
N. Korea
S> Korea
Tibet
Nanjing
Shanghai
Xi’an
Lhasa
Indian
Subcontinent
Guangzhou
Macao
Southeast
Asia
Taipei
Taiwan
Hong
Kong
Philippines
Japan
•Hong Kong
•1841 British Occupied Hong
Kong
•1842 British acquire Hong Kong
in the Treaty of Nanking
•1997 China regains control of
Hong Kong.
China’s Topography
Percentages of Different Landforms
Mountains & Peaks
Altai Mts.
Greater
Khingan
Tian Shan
Kunlun Mountains
Himalayan
Mts.
Qiuling Shandi Mts
The Great Wall of China
Great Wall From
Space.
Picture Taken
By NASA
Deserts & Plateaus
Mongolian Plateau
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan
Desert
Tibetan
Plateau
Valleys / Plains / Basins
Manchurian
Plain
North
China Plain
Tarim Basin
Sichuan
Basin
North China Plain
Pacific “Rim of Fire”
Bodies of Water
Sea of
Japan
Pacific
Ocean
South
China
Sea
The Polluted Yellow River!
The Yangtze River
Three Gorges Dam
• Chang Jiang River
• Finished Oct 2008
Agricultural Regions in China
Shabdong
Peninsula
CHUNG
KUO
Terraced Farming along the Yangtze
Agricultural and Rural
Chinese Scenes
Sichuan Farmland
This is a scene of farmland in
southern Sichuan province. The
land is hillier and has been
terraced to allow flood irrigation.
Note that there are no roads in
sight. China and the USA are
virtually the same size. China has
five times the population as the
USA. USA has 26% of its land can
be farmed while China has only
11% of its land that is farmable.
So China must make more of its
land able to be farmed by leveling
the hilly land with terracing.
Sometimes you see a four-foot
wall being built to gain a two-foot
strip of farmland.
Completed Topographic Map
Altai Mts.
Tian Shan
Tarim Basin
Taklamakan
Desert Kunlun Shan
Tibetan
Plateau
Himalayan
Mts.
Greater
Khingan
Manchurian
Plain
Gobi Desert
North
China Plain
Sea of
Japan
Shabdong
Peninsula
Sichuan
Basin
CHUNG
KUO
Pacific
Ocean
South
China
Sea
China’s Climate Zones
Monsoon Precipitation Patterns
Winter Monsoons
Summer Monsoons
Precipitation in China
Summer Rainfall
Agricultural Regions in China
Arable Land
“Brown” China vs. “Green” China
Pasture and Oasis
Double-crop rice
SOURCE: Topic 5: “The Awakening Giant” by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of
Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.
South China
Major Chinese Industries
Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in China
China as % of World Population
Top 10 Populated Nations
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India
India
China
US
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Indonesia
Pakistan
Brazil
Indonesia
Russia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Brazil
Japan
Congo
Nigeria
Ethiopia
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The Population of China
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1,330,044,544 July 2008 est
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Population Projections
thousands
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1945
1955
1965
1975
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2005
2015
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2045
Population Density
Male/Female Birth Population
Sex Ratio:
•at birth: 1.11
male(s)/female
•under 15 years: 1.13
male(s)/female
•15-64 years: 1.06
male(s)/female
•65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
•total population: 1.06
male(s)/female (2008
est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex
total population:
73.18 years
male: 71.37
years
female: 75.18
years (2008 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate
•total: 21.16
deaths/1,000
live births
•male: 19.43
deaths/1,000
live births
•female: 23.08
deaths/1,000
live births
(2008 est.)
•Han Chinese
Main Chinese Nationalities
*91.5%
•Zhuang
•Dong
•Manchu
•Yao
•Hui
•Korean
•Miao
•other
national
ities
8.5%
(2000
census)
•Uyghur
•Tujia
•Yi
•Mongol
•Tibetan
•Buyi
Ethno-Linguistic Groups in China
Total Population
with No Education
School life
expectancy
(primary to
tertiary
education):
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years
(2006)
Literacy:
definition: age 15
and over can read
and write
total population:
90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2000
census)
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as unstoppable, that will crush all in its
path.
Monthly Value of Imports & Exports
2004
Total Carbon Emissions
[in millions of tons]