1. Geography of China

2. The desert that helped isolate China from West Africa

3. The Taklimakan Desert
105,000 square miles.
The earliest
contacts with the west were
made on the oases
of this desert.

4. The East China Sea is an arm of the Pacific Ocean.

6. The South China Sea sits between the southeast Asia mainland and Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo.

8. Mt Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 29,028 feet.

9. The Tian Mountains in northwestern China to the Mongolian border

11. The Turfan Depression is the lowest point in China

13. The Mekong River Is 2,600 miles long. It Forms the Myanmar-
Laos border, curves
East and south
through Laos. It flows into
Cambodia. It flows
into the South China
Sea and into the
Mekong Delta in
Vietnam.

14. The North China Plain
It covers 135,000 square miles. It has the highest proportion of land under cultivation. It is a highly populated part of China

16. The Yellow River is 3,000 miles long
The River has flooded 1500 times and
made nine Major changes in its course

17. Also called the Huang He

18. The Plateau of Tibet makes up one fourth of the country.

21. The Himalaya Mountains

22. 1500 miles long
They extend through Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to the Brahmaputra River in Tibet.

23. The Yellow Sea is located between China and Korea

24. Yangtze or Huang He River

25. Rises in the Tibetan Highlands and flows 3,450 miles through central China into the East China Sea at Shanghai

26. Flows through China’s middle basin. It is rich in agriculture.

27. One of the world’s most densely populated areas

28. It has long been an east west trade route in China

29. The Gobi Desert
It extends 1,000 miles from east to west across southeastern Mongolia and northern China

31. Modern Nomads on the Gobi Desert

32. Yunnan Plateau

33. The rugged terrain of the plateau produces a wide range of flora and fauna.

34. The Sichuan Basin
Also known as the Red Basin

35. One of the
most
attractive
regions in
China

36. How would you describe the geography of China?
What word comes to mind……