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Unit 3.3
2014-2015 S2 Geography
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What and where are China’s water resources? (Textbook P.13-26)
Key Questions:
1. Where are the major rivers in China?
2. Where are China’s water resources?
Preparatory task
Find out the meaning of the BOLD words. Write down the definition in Chinese in the boxes below.
Passage A
China is the fourth largest country in the world. It has a relatively large amount of water
resources. In China, there are many rivers, the most important three are the (1) Chang Jiang, the (2)
Huang He and the (3) Zhu Jiang. They serve about 700 million people in China. Besides, the (4)
Hai He and the (5) Huai He are other important rivers in China.
Most rivers in China flow from the west towards to the east. This is related to the (6) relief of
China. The distribution of water resources is uneven in China. The amount of water resources in
China decreases
from south-east to north-west. There are two factors to affect the distribution
including (7) monsoon climate and (8) drier in the inland.
English
Chinese
1.
Chang Jiang
長江
2.
Huang He
黃河
3.
Zhu Jiang
珠江
4.
Hai He
海河
5.
Huai He
淮河
6.
relief
地勢
7.
monsoon climate
季風氣候
8.
drier in the inland
內陸地區較乾燥
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1. Where are the major rivers in China? (Textbook, p.14)
Task 1: The following table shows the length and area of the major rivers in China.
River
Length of river Area of the river
Annual flow
(km)
basin (km2)
(100 million m3)
6,300
1,808,500
9,513
Chang Jiang (長江)
5,464
752,443
661
Huang He (黃河)
2,308
557,180
762
Songhua Jiang (松花江)
2,214
453,690
3,338
Zhu Jiang (珠江)
1,390
228,960
148
Liao He (遼河)
1,090
263,631
228
Hai He (海河)
1,000
269,283
622
Huai He (淮河)
a. Identify the longest river in China.
The longest river in China is Chang Jiang.
b. Identify the largest river in China.
The largest river in China is Chang Jiang.
c. Identify the highest annual flow of river in China.
The highest annual flow of river in China is Chang Jiang.
Task 2: The following figure shows the distribution of the major rivers in China. Colour
and identify the distribution of the major rivers in China.
A: Hai He
B: Huang He
C: Huai He
D: Chang Jiang
E: Zhu Jiang
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Task 3: The following figure shows the relationship between the relief of China and the
direction of flow of major rivers.
a. Describe and explain the relationship between the relief of China and the direction of
flow of major rivers.
Relief
 The west is mostly ( highlands / lowlands ).
 The east is mostly ( highlands / lowlands ).
 The height of land ( increases / decreases ) from the west towards the east.
The flow of rivers
 Rivers can be divided into upper course, middle course and lower course.
 The source of rivers start from the upper course which is usually located in
( highlands / lowlands ).
In China, the height of land ( increases / decreases ) from the highlands in the west
towards the lowlands in the east. Since water flows from highlands to lowlands , rivers
of China flow from west towards east.
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2. Where are China’s water resources? (Textbook, p.21-23)
Figure 2a shows the distribution of wet and dry regions in China. Figure 2b shows the
percentage of share of the wet and dry regions.
Figure 2b
Figure 2a
a.
Identify the distribution of four major wet and dry regions and the percentage of share
of the land area in China shown in Figure 2a.
Distribution
Humid and semi-humid
Semi-arid and Arid
South and south-eastern part
of China
North and north-western part
of China
47%
53%
% share of the land area
 The distribution of water resources is even / uneven in China. The amount of water
resources in China ( increases / decreases ) from south-east to north-west.
 There are two factors to affect the distribution including :
(i) Monsoon climate
(ii)
Drier in the inland
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