Saturday, May 8, 2010

WHAT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHINA?




CHINA'S MAJOR PHYSICAL FEATURES
China's major physical feature's are listed below:

  • Highest mountain- Mount Qomolongma (Mount Everest ) it is 29,039 FT ( 8,848 M)

  • Longest river- Changjiang it is 3,915 miles(6,300 KM )

  • Lowest point- Turpon depression 505FT ( -154M ) BELOW sea level

  • Highest point- The Qinghai it averaged out to be 4,000 m ABOVE sea level

  • Guangxi is the mountainous region of China.



CHINA'S CLIMATE

China has a continental monsoon climate with the craziest climate range in the whole world. There are major differences in temperature and rainfall from below freezing winters in Tibet and the north to humid year round tropical conditions of the supreme south and southeast. Most people in China live in the east coast of China because, 1- it is warm and humid and 2- it has 4 distinct seasons. The northern part of China has a sub-Arctic climate and in the southern part of China is controlled by tropical conditions like we said in one of the above sentences.






EXACT COORDINATES OF CHINA

The exact coordinates of china are:

  • Latitude-105 degrees E


  • Longitude- 35 degrees N


  • Area- 9,596,960 kilometers



CHINA'S IDENTIFIED CONTINENT

The Continent that china is located in is the Continent named Asia.



PHYSICAL FEATURES


  • China's plains are usually located in the east.


  • Hills are usually located in the southeast.


  • China's land surface slopes down from the west to east in a 3 stair case type of way.


  • Top of the staircase- is Quinghai (a Tibet plateau ) known as the roof of china.


  • 2nd step of the staircase- consists of plateaus, mountains, and basins.


  • 3rd step of the staircase- is where most of the Chinese population lives it consists of high elevation, big cities, and leading farm and industrial areas of china.





















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