Susan M.

Pojer
Horace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY

Satellite View of China

Chinas Provinces

ChinaAsias
Superpower

China vs. the U. S. in

Size
China

250

500

1,000

1,500

Miles
2,000

United States

SOURCE: Topic 5: The Awakening Giant by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of

Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

Comparing China &

the
U. S.United States
China
Size
Main physical
barrier
Main River
Population
Connectivity
problems

3.7 million
square miles
Himalayas

3.6 million
square miles
Rockies

Yangtze / East
- West
East Coast
North - South

Mississippi /
North South
East Coast
East - West

Countries & Regions

Russia

Mongolia
N. Korea
S> Korea
Tibet

Indian
Subcontinent

Taiwan

Southeast
Asia

Philippines

Cities
Harbin

BEIJING

Lhasa

Nanjing
Shanghai

Xian

Taipei

Guangzhou
Macao

Hong
Kong

Completed Political
Map
Harbin
Mongolia

BEIJING

N. Korea
S> Korea

Tibet

Nanjing
Shanghai

Xian

Lhasa
Indian
Subcontinent

Guangzhou
Macao
Southeast
Asia

Taipei
Taiwan
Hong
Kong
Philippines

Chinas Topography

Percentages of
Different Landforms

Pacific Rim of Fire

Bodies of Water
Am

ur

Ri v
er

Sea of
Japan
e River
H
g
n
a
u
H

Yellow
Sea

River
Yangtze
Xi Ri
ver

Pacific
Ocean
South
China
Sea

The Polluted Yellow

River!

The Yangtze River

Mountains & Peaks

Altai Mts.

Tian Shan

Kunlun Shan

Himalayan
Mts.

Greater
Khingan

The Great Wall of

China

Deserts & Plateaus

Gobi Desert
Taklamakan
Desert
Tibetan
Plateau

Valleys / Plains /
Basins
Manchurian
Plain
North China
Plain

Tarim Basin

Sichuan
Basin

North China Plain

Agricultural Regions in
China
Great Wall

Shabdong
Gr Peninsula
an
d
C
CHUNG ana
l

KUO

Completed
Topographic Map
Am

ur
Greater River
Khingan
Manchurian
Plain

Altai Mts.

Tian Shan
Tarim Basin
Taklamakan
Desert Kunlun Shan
Tibetan
Plateau
Himalayan
Mts.

North China
Gobi Desert
Plain
ll
a
W
Great

Sea of
Japan

Shabdong
Gr Peninsula
e River and
H
Yellow
g
n
a
u
H
CHUNG Ca
a
na Se
KUO
l
Sichuan
r
e
iv
R
e
z
t
Yang
Basin
Xi Ri
ver

Pacific
Ocean
South
China
Sea

Chinas Climate Zones

Monsoon Precipitation
Patterns

Winter Monsoons

Summer Monsoons

Precipitation in China

Summer Rainfall

Agricultural Regions in
China

Arable Land

Brown China vs.

Green China
Pasture and Oasis

at
e
h
W

D
Rice

i
m
Do

nan
i
m
o

nt
a
n

Double-crop rice

SOURCE: Topic 5: The Awakening Giant by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of

Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

South China

Major Chinese
Industries

Fuels, Power, Minerals,

& Metals in China

China as % of World
Population

Top 10 Populated
Nations

2001

2050

thousands

The Population of
China

Population Projections
thousands

Population Density

Male/Female Birth
Population

Life Expectancy at
Birth by Sex

Infant Mortality Rate

Main Chinese
Nationalities

Ethno-Linguistic
Groups in China

Total Population with

No Education

Monthly Value of
Imports & Exports
2004

Total Carbon
Emissions

[in millions of tons]