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China Geography
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Located in the east of the Asian continent, on the western
shore of the Pacific Ocean, the People's Republic of China
has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers, and
is the third largest country in the world, next only to Russia
and Canada.
From north to south, the territory of China spans over 49
latitudes, stretching from the center of the HeilongjiangRiver
north of the town of Mohe to the Zengmu Reef at the southernmost
tip of the Nansha. From east to west, the nation extends
from the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusuli rivers
to the Pamirs.
China's coastline measures approximately 32,000 kilometers,
with a flat topography, and many excellent docks and harbors,
most of which are ice-free all year round. The Chinese mainland
is flanked to the east and south by the Bohai, Yellow, East
China and South China seas, with a total maritime area of
4.73 million square kilometers. The BohaiSea is China's continental
sea, while the Yellow, East China and South China seas are
marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean.
A total of 5,400 islands dot China's territorial seas.
The largest of these, with an area of about 36,000 square
kilometers, is Taiwan, followed by Hainan with an area of
34,000 square kilometers. The Diaoyu and Chiwei islands,
located to the northeast of TaiwanIsland, are China's easternmost
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China has many mountains, with mountainous areas
(traditionally consisting of mountains, hills and rugged
plateaus) making up 65% of its total land area. The proportion
of various landforms is as follows: Mountains, 33%; plateaus,
26%; basins, 19%; plains, 12%; and hills, 10%.
China has a terraced terrain, which gradually descends
from the west to the east step by step. The first, or the
highest, terrace is the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau, with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters
and known as "the roof of the world". The Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau is composed of rows of snow-capped peaks and glaciers.
The major mountain ranges are the Kunlun, Gangdise and Himalayas. |
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The second step consists of the Inner Mongolia, Loess and
Yunnan-Guizhou plateaus, and the Tarim, Junggar and Sichuan
basins, on an altitude of 1,000-2,000 meters.
The third step, about 500-1,000 meters in elevation,
begins at the line from the Greater Hinggan, Taihang, Wushan
and Xuefeng mountain ranges eastward to the seacoast. Here,
running from north to south are the Northeast Plain, the
North China Plain, and the Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain.
Interspersed amongst the plains are hills and foothills.
To the east of the third step the shallow waters of
the continental shelf, an extension of the land into the
ocean, form the fourth step. The depth of the water here
is less than 200 meters. Great quantities of mud and sand
have been carried here by the rivers on the mainland. |
Five Mountain Ranges
China is world-known for its abundance of mountains.
Its mountain ranges can be divided into five basic categories
according to the directions in
which they run:
1. West-to-east mountain ranges, including the Tianshan-Yinshan-Yanshan
mountain system, the Kunlun-Qinling-Dabie mountain system,
and the Nanling mountain system;
2. North-to-south mountain ranges, including the Helan,
Liupan, and Hengduan mountain ranges; |
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2. North-to-south mountain ranges, including the Helan,
Liupan, and Hengduan mountain ranges;
3. Northeast-to-southwest mountain ranges, including
the Changbai, Greater Hinggan, Taihang, and Wushan ranges;
4. Northwest-to-southeast mountain ranges, including
the Altay, Qilian and Gangdise ranges;
5. Arc-shaped mountain ranges, including the Himalayas
and TaiwanMountains |
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