Satellite View of China
China’s Provinces
China—Asia’s Superpower
China vs. the U. S. in Size
China
0
250
500
1,000
1,500
United States
Miles
2,000
Comparing China & the U. S.
China
United States
Size
3.7 million
square miles
3.6 million
square miles
Main physical
barrier
Main River
Himalayas
Rockies
Population
East Coast
Connectivity
problems
North - South East - West
Yangtze / East Mississippi /
- West
North – South
East Coast
China’s Topography
Percentages of Different Landforms
Pacific “Rim of Fire”
The Polluted Yellow River!
The Great Wall of China
Deserts & Plateaus
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan
Desert
Tibetan
Plateau
China’s Climate Zones
Monsoon Precipitation Patterns
Winter Monsoons
Summer Monsoons
Precipitation in China
Arable Land
“Brown” China vs. “Green” China
Pasture and Oasis
Double-crop rice
China as % of World Population
Top 10 Populated Nations
0
500
1000
1500
0
China
India
India
China
US
US
Indonesia
Pakistan
Brazil
Indonesia
Russia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Brazil
Japan
Congo
Nigeria
Ethiopia
2001
500
1000
2050
1500
The Population of China
thousands
1600
2050
1400
2000
1995
1200
1000
1981
800
1970
600
1953
1949
1851
1911
18121887
400
200
0
2
755
105
0
500
1210
1083
1000
1381
1562 1650
1500
1753
2000
Population Projections
thousands
1500
1300
1100
900
700
500
1945
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
2015
2025
2035
2045
Population Density
Male/Female Birth Population
Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex
Main Chinese Nationalities
Total Population with No Education
Monthly Value of Imports & Exports
2004
Total Carbon Emissions
[in millions of tons]