This is how you spell Xinjiang
新
疆
'new' 'territory'
Absolute Location
geographical position:
96° 18’ East -73° 41’ West longitude
49°North -34° 25’ South latitude
Relative location
•South of Mongolia, and Russian Federation
•East of Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
•Northeast of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
•Northwest of the Chinese provinces Xizang, Qinghai and
Gansu
Relative location
PLACE
Physical Characteristics
Bodies of water:
•There are over 570 big and small rivers.
•The drainage pattern of Xinjiang is unique within China.
•The only stream whose waters reach the sea is the Irtysh River.
•Other streams issue from the mountains and disappear into inland
deserts or salt lakes.
PLACE
Physical Characteristics
Landforms:
The great Altai, Tian Shan, and Kunlun mountain ranges enclose the region on the north,
west, and south, respectively.
a barren plateau lies to the west.
The level land, comprises Dzungaria, a grazing region to the north.
Tarim basin (Taklimakan), a vast desert to the south.
Lop Nur, a largely dried-up salt lake in the Tarim basin, is the site of Chinese nuclear test
explosions.
PLACE
Precipitation
Physical Characteristics
Climate: Xinjiang is far from the sea on all sides and has a typical continental
climate. a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little
rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent.
PLACE
Physical Characteristics
Animal Life:
•Animal life is of greater interest,
•Big-game hunting is an attraction of the Tien Shan.
•The mountains are inhabited by antelopes, wapiti (elks), wolves, bears, and lynx.
•There are wild horses in the north, wild camels in the southern and eastern edges of
the Takla Makan Desert, and wild yaks on the Tibetan frontier.
•Bird life is concentrated in wetter areas.
•Snakes are not numerous, but scorpions and centipedes are abound.
•There is a great variety of butterflies are found in the mountains.
PLACE
Physical Characteristics
Natural Vegetation:
•Because of the great expanses of desert, the plant life of much of Xinjiang is
monotonous.
•There are pine forests in the Tien Shan and drought-tolerant trees on the edge of the
Takla Makan Desert.
•Apart from these trees, the most common are varieties of poplar and willow.
•In the mountains there is a great assortment of plants and wildflowers, many of which
have never been classified.
•More than 3,000 plant species have been identified in Xinjiang, of which some 300
have economic or medicinal value.
PLACE
Human Characteristics
Population:21,590,00
Ethnic Groups:
Uyghur - 45%
Han – 41%
Kazakh – 7%
Hui – 5%
Kyrgyz – 0.9%
Mongol – 0.8%
Dongxiang – 0.3%
Pamiris – 0.2%
Xibe – 0.2%
Language: Uyghur is an official language of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,
along with Standard Chinese.
Whole roast lamb
•Whole roast lamb is a very important dish in grand feast banquets.
•The lamb on a special cart is placed in front of guests.
•The most honored guest at the gathering is then invited to cut the
first piece and eat before the rest of the lamb is cut and served
around the party.
Pomegranate juice
Pomegranate juice is juice made from
the pomegranate fruit. It is used in
cooking both as a fresh juice and as a
concentrated syrup.
Flour-filled lungs and rice-filled sausages
These are traditional snacks of the Uyghur's,
using sheep's internal organs as raw materials.
Since the materials are uncommon and the
cooking is time-consuming, this dish is a rare
delicacy.
Xinjiang dance
is a precious national legacy of Chinese people.
PLACE
Human Characteristics
Economy:
•The gross domestic product (GDP) of Xinjiang in 2000 was 136.436 billion
Yuan ($20,771,258,130.91)
•Agriculture: dry climate-cultivated land requires irrigation
•Resources: coal, iron, steel, zinc, crome, nickel, copper, petroleum, and
natural gas
•Industry: iron and steel mills, cement factories, Petrochemical plants,
thermal power generation, textile mills, beet sugar mills
Government:
•Xinjiang is a national autonomous
region where many nationalities live in
compact communities.
REGION
Functional
Major Trade Partners:
Former Soviet Union and
East European states including Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan and Tajikistan.
Metropolitan Cities
•Urumqi
•Turpan
•Kashgar
•Karamay
•Yining
•Shihezi
REGION
Functional
Major Rivers - Drainage: The only stream that reaches the sea is the Irtysh River,
which rises in north-central Xinjiang (as the Ertix River), flows west and crosses
into Kazakhstan (where it is called the Ertis), and, as the Irtysh, flows through
Russia into the Ob River, then it empties into the Arctic Ocean.
Perceptual
The Xinjiang people are farmers, herders, traders, and miners. They want
technology but find themselves as second class citizens to the powerful famliy run
companies from Eastern China.
REGION
Formal
Climate Regions:
Remote from the ocean and enclosed by high mountains,
therefore it has a continental climate dry climate
Vegetation:
arid landscape with desert plant life. mountains have
drought tolerant trees.
Shared Characteristics of the whole area:
arid climate, religion is mostly Muslim or Islam
Land Area 640,930 sq mi (1,660,001 sq km)
Relative location
Xinjiang is in central Asia with Russian nationalities to the north, Pakistan and
India to the south.
Xinjiang is in the far northwestern side of china.
HUMAN AND ENVIOMENT INTERACTION
What have people done to change the land?
Dams:
The dams and irrigation canal on the Irtysh and Ili
rivers in Xinjiang benifit the people
These projects are bad for the people in Kazakhstan
Railroads:
China places great importance on railroads in
Xinjiang
Railroads build for resources, not for travelers
convenience
Irrigation:
Because of the irrigation canals dormant land has
become fertile farm land
MOVEMENT
Movement of People
Ethnic Groups who settled there:
Xinjiang is inhabited by more than 40 different ethnic
groups
The chinese incourage the integration of all ethnic
groups
Movement of goods
Agricultural products,
manufacutred goods and raw
resources are shipped by train
Xinjiang trades with its
neighboring countries as well as
the rest of china
MOVEMENT
Movement of Ideas - Xinjiang is in the middle of
the Silk Routes (collectively known as the "Silk
Road") and is an important path for cultural,
commercial, and technological exchange between
traders, merchants, pilgrims, missionaries,
soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China
for almost 3,000 years.
Interesting facts
the Xinjiang-Tibet highway (also known as national highway 219) is the highest road in the
world. Its pass through the Kunlun Mountains onto the Tibetan Plateau and reaches over
6,000 meters in elevation
Xinjiang is home to China's only wild camel reserve. The camel reserve was established in
1999 and covers 65,000 square kilometers of barren nothingness. Thankfully camels seem
to be immune to the effects of nuclear radiation.
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