1. China

2. Basics - Geography

3. Tibetan Plateau  4500 meters = 14700 feet  World’s largest  Four times the size of Texas  Enhance monsoons  Dry out Asia  4500 meters = 14700 feet  World’s largest  Four times the size of Texas  Enhance monsoons  Dry out Asia

5. Gobi Desert

6.  Northeast of Tibetan Plateau  Fifth largest  Rocky not sandy  Cold  Desertification  Northeast of Tibetan Plateau  Fifth largest  Rocky not sandy  Cold  Desertification

7. Taklamakan Desert  “Go in and you will never come out”  17th Largest  Northwest of Tibetan Plateau  Cold  “Go in and you will never come out”  17th Largest  Northwest of Tibetan Plateau  Cold

9. The Great Wall

10.  Built in sections from 5th through 16th centuries  Majority during Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644)  5,500 miles  Built in sections from 5th through 16th centuries  Majority during Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644)  5,500 miles

11. Yellow/Huang He River

12.  2nd longest in China (sixth overall)  Loess  Flows west to east  Little more than 3000 miles  2nd longest in China (sixth overall)  Loess  Flows west to east  Little more than 3000 miles

13. Yellow/Huang He River  Cradle of Chinese civilization  “When the Yellow River flows clear”  Prone to flooding  Hydroelectric dams  Cradle of Chinese civilization  “When the Yellow River flows clear”  Prone to flooding  Hydroelectric dams

14. Yangtze River

15.  Longest in Asia (3rd overall)  About 4000 miles  Tibetan Plateau to Shanghai  Three Gorges Dam (largest hydroelectric)  Longest in Asia (3rd overall)  About 4000 miles  Tibetan Plateau to Shanghai  Three Gorges Dam (largest hydroelectric)

16. Yangtze River Delta  40% of China’s GDP  $2 Trillion  East China Sea  Urban expansion  40% of China’s GDP  $2 Trillion  East China Sea  Urban expansion

18. Pearl River

19.  Third longest in China  About 1400 miles  One of the most polluted in the world  Guangzhou  Third longest in China  About 1400 miles  One of the most polluted in the world  Guangzhou

20. Beijing  Peking  Capitol of PRC  Political, educational, and cultural center  Means “Northern Capitol”  Peking  Capitol of PRC  Political, educational, and cultural center  Means “Northern Capitol”

21. Beijing Railway Station

22. Nanjing

23.  Also Nanking  Means “Southern capitol”  Yangtze River Delta  Economic center  Also Nanking  Means “Southern capitol”  Yangtze River Delta  Economic center