Learn-China---Geography-of-China

SatelliteViewofChinaChina’sProvincesChina—Asia’sSuperpowerChinavs.theU.S.inSize05001,0001,5002,000250MilesChinaUnitedStatesSOURCE:Topic5:“TheAwakeningGiant”byDr.Jean-PaulRodrigue,Dept.ofEconomics&Geography,HofstraUniversity.ComparingChina&theU.S.ChinaUnitedStatesSize3.7millionsquaremiles3.6millionsquaremilesMainphysicalbarrierHimalayasRockiesMainRiverYangtze/East-WestMississippi/North–SouthPopulationEastCoastEastCoastConnectivityproblemsNorth-SouthEast-WestCountries&RegionsTibetMongoliaSoutheastAsiaIndianSubcontinentRussiaN.KoreaSKoreaTaiwanPhilippinesCitiesBEIJINGHarbinNanjingGuangzhouXi’anShanghaiTaipeiLhasaHongKongMacaoCompletedPoliticalMapBEIJINGHarbinNanjingGuangzhouXi’anShanghaiTaipeiLhasaHongKongMacaoTibetMongoliaSoutheastAsiaIndianSubcontinentN.KoreaSKoreaTaiwanPhilippinesChina’sTopographyPercentagesofDifferentLandformsPacific“RimofFire”BodiesofWaterPacificOceanSouthChinaSeaSeaofJapanThePollutedYellowRiver!TheYangtzeRiverMountains&PeaksTianShanAltaiMts.GreaterKhinganKunlunShanHimalayanMts.TheGreatWallofChinaDeserts&PlateausTibetanPlateauTaklamakanDesertGobiDesertValleys/Plains/BasinsManchurianPlainNorthChinaPlainTarimBasinSichuanBasinNorthChinaPlainAgriculturalRegionsinChinaShabdongPeninsulaCHUNGKUOCompletedTopographicMapPacificOceanSouthChinaSeaSeaofJapanTianShanAltaiMts.GreaterKhinganKunlunShanHimalayanMts.TibetanPlateauTaklamakanDesertGobiDesertManchurianPlainNorthChinaPlainTarimBasinSichuanBasinShabdongPeninsulaCHUNGKUOChina’sClimateZonesMonsoonPrecipitationPatternsWinterMonsoonsSummerMonsoonsPrecipitationinChinaSummerRainfallAgriculturalRegionsinChinaArableLand“Brown”Chinavs.“Green”ChinaPastureandOasisDouble-cropriceSOURCE:Topic5:“TheAwakeningGiant”byDr.Jean-PaulRodrigue,Dept.ofEconomics&Geography,HofstraUniversity.SouthChinaMajorChineseIndustriesFuels,Power,Minerals,&MetalsinChinaChinaas%ofWorldPopulationTop10PopulatedNations050010001500ChinaIndiaUSIndonesiaBrazilRussiaPakistanBangladeshJapanNigeria050010001500IndiaChinaUSPakistanIndonesiaNigeriaBangladeshBrazilCongoEthiopia20012050ThePopulationofChina105755108312101381156216501753181218511887191119491953197019811995200020502020040060080010001200140016000500100015002000thousandsPopulationProjections50070090011001300150019451955196519751985199520052015202520352045thousandsPopulationDensityMale/FemaleBirthPopulationLifeExpectancyatBirthbySexInfantMortalityRateMainChineseNationalitiesEthno-LinguisticGroupsinChinaTotalPopulationwithNoEducationMonthlyValueofImports&Exports2004TotalCarbonEmissions[inmillionsoftons]