YES OR NO??
Look at the following pictures.
 Do you know what East Asia looks like?
 Decide if the picture was taken in China,
Mongolia, or Taiwan or somewhere else in the
world.
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YES - MASSIVE, RECORDING-BREAKING BLOOMS OF ALGAE
HAVE BEEN WASHING UP ON CHINA'S BEACHES IN
SHANDONG PROVINCE, NEAR QINGDAO.
Yuck –
that
green
stuff is
algae!
NO! THIS IS DISNEY WORLD!
NO! THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO.
YES! – THIS IS SHANGHAI
YES! MONGOLIA.
YES. ¾ OF MONGOLIANS STILL LIVE IN
GERS (OR YERTS) TODAY.
YES! - PORT IN TAWAIN
YES! SUMO WRESTLING IS BIG IN
MONGOLIA TOO!
NO! FISH MARKET IN SEATTLE
NOPE. CHINATOWN IN LONDON!
YES! THIS IS ULAANBAATAR, THE CAPITAL
OF MONGOLIA.
CHINA, MONGOLIA, &
TAIWAN:
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
CHINA’S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
China makes up
roughly 4 million sq.
mi. (similar to the
USA)
 China is the third
largest country in the
world,
 What two countries
are larger?
 Russia and Canada.
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CHINA’S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Two-thirds of its
total land area
covered by
mountains, hills
and plateaus.
 Based on it’s
physical features,
where do you think
most people live?

CHINA’S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
NATURAL BORDERS AND LANDFORMS
The Gobi desert in
northern China
separates the country
from its neighbors.
 Eastern China has lowlying plains which form
one of the largest
farming regions.
 The Pacific Ocean makes
up the eastern border.
 Rugged mountains make
up western China.
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MOUNTAINS
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The Highest peak in the world, Mount Everest (8,828m)
stands on the border between China and Nepal.
MOUNTAINS
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Himalaya Mountains
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Separates India and China
Qinling Shandi Mountains
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separates N. China from S. China
GOBI DESERT
500,000 square
miles
 a cold desert
 few important
cities for traders to
stop and rest while
traveling the Silk
Road
 Gobi means
“waterless Place”

http://app.discoveryeducatio
n.com/search?Ntt=Gobi
RIVERS OF CHINA
Rivers also play a major role in China, both for transportation and for
irrigation.
 Major rivers flow west to east.
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Huang He or Yellow River
 Stretches 3000 mi across N. China
 River often floods and leaves layers of silt
 Nicknamed “China’s Sorrow” because these floods can be very
destructive
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkD4lKWS0ro
Chang Jiang or Yangzi River
 Cuts through central China
 Three Gorges Dam (more on
that later!)
 Third longest river in the world
CLIMATE
What climate
zones are
found in the
region?
 Hint – don’t
forget Taiwan.
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HIGH LATITUDE CLIMATE ZONES
Severely cold, dry climates
 Subarctic-occur in small area along Mongolia’s
and China’s northern borders w/ Russia

Cool to cold summers
 Brutally cold winters


Highland-found mostly in western China

Temp varies with latitude and elevation

The higher north the lat. & the higher the elev., the colder the
climate
MID-LATITUDE ZONES
Moderate climates make this area more
comfortable to live in
 Humid Continental- NE China, N Korea, N.
South Korea and N Japan

Coniferous forests
 Temperate grasslands (good for grazing)

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Humid Subtropical-SE China, S South Korea, S
Japan, & N Taiwan

Deciduous and coniferous forests
DRY ZONES
Not well suited for agriculture
 Not much settled by people
 Semiarid- made up of parts of the Mongolian
Plateau
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Short grasses-good for grazing
Arid- mostly found in west central area of the
mainland.
Taklimakan Desert- located in W China between the
Tian Shan and Kunlun Mts
 Gobi Desert- located in N China and SE Mongolia
 Prime area for finding dinosaur fossils.
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IS A DESERT ALWAYS HOT?
SEE THE CLIMOGRAPH FOR THE GOBI DESERT
BELOW.
RESOURCES
Most people in China still work as farmers or herders.
Major crops include wheat and rice.
 Fishing is also a major industry along the coasts.
 River systems provide crop irrigation, hydroelectric
power and transportation
 China has considerable natural resources
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Coal
Lead
Zinc
Copper
Tungsten
Gold.
Oil
TAIWAN
island off the southeastern coast of China
 Separated by the Taiwan Strait.
 rugged mountain ranges parallel to the east coast
 flat to gently rolling plains of the western third
 Where would most people live?
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MONGOLIA OVERVIEW
As you watch the video, take a few notes
regarding Mongolia.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6pmdOYGX
k
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RESOURCES
Traditionally Mongolia has been dependent on herding
and agriculture.
 Natural resources

copper,
 gold,
 coal,
 tungsten
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CHINA, MONGOLIA, & TAIWAN:
Pick one place in the region to visit. Use absolute
and relative location to describe where you are
visiting.
 Write a journal entry describing how you believe
the people there would live.
 Make sure to include important physical
features, climate, and population density in
relation to physical features.
 The journal entry should be in first person as if
you were visiting and seeing these things.
 It should be close to a page.
 Draw one picture at the bottom that will be a
“photograph” of where you are.
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