Transcript Geography of The People*s Republic of China

Geography of
The People’s Republic of
China
By: Aidan and Theo
GENERAL FACTS
 The People’s Republic of China (PRC/China for short) stretches
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approximately 5,026 km (3123 miles) across the East Asian landmass.
China’s latitude lies between 18° and 54° and longitude 73° and 135°.
China has an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers and has a
coastline that stretches for 18,000 km.
Mountains (33%), plateaus (26%), and hills (10%) compose nearly 70% of the
country’s land surface.
There are fourteen other countries that share a border with China.
Some Major Cities are Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Wuhan, Guangzhou,
Chongqing, Harbin, and Chengdu.
MORE GENERAL FACTS!
 China’s population is around 1.34 billion making it the country with the
largest population in the world!
 China’s geography comes with many diverse features such as snow-
capped mountains, deep river valleys, high plateaus, endless plains, to
sandy dunes, volcanic calderas, glaciers, and basins with deserts.
THE YANGTZE RIVER: LONGEST RIVER IN
CHINA, THIRD LONGEST RIVER IN THE
WORLD
BODIES OF WATER
 China is bordered by the sea and bodies of water which are East China
Sea, Korea Bay,Yellow Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea.
 The Yangtze River is the longest river in China followed by the Yellow
River, “the Mother River of the Chinese People”, both flowing into the
Atlantic Ocean.
 Most of the lakes in Northwest China are salty or brackish whereas
many of the lakes in Southeast China are usually freshwater lakes.
This is Erhai
Lake, one of
the seven
largest
freshwater
lakes in
China.
CLIMATE
 The climate in China is very diverse ranging from tropic in the south to
sub arctic in the north.
 China’s south and eastern coasts are often stricken with typhoons.
(around 5 per year)
From Tropical Hainan to icy cold Harbin
where the annual snow festival.
VEGETATION
 Because the regions in China can vary from sub-arctic to tropical, the
plant life that can grow in China is very diverse. China ranks third in the
world in species of plants.
This is a Metasequoia. They were once thought to be extinct but
a grove was found in a secluded region of China. Only around
5,000 trees are left in the wild.
This is a dove tree. It is named after its
unique flowers that blossom in the
spring.
ANIMALS
 The Giant Panda, the Golden Monkey, the Chinese Alligator, and the
White-Flag Dolphin are all native species of animals from China.
Unfortunately, many of these animals are critically endangered due to
loss of habitat, pollution, or even over hunting the animals.
ENVIRONMENT
 China is divided into 5 different regions. (Eastern China [subdivided into
the northeast plain, north plain, and southern hills], Xin qiang-Mongolia,
and the Tibetan-highlands.)
 Because of over population and mass production in factories going on,
there has been a lot of environmental damage due to fossil fuels and
pollution and habitat loss to native species of animals and plants.
CONCLUSION
 China has a very diverse regions therefore is able to sustain many
different life forms and have a wide range of climates.
 There are a LOT of people living in China and because of that, the
country has used many harmful ways to sustain the population causing
harm to the environment.
 Even so, it is a country full of history and is one of the world’s major
super powers in present day.
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