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Title: Ancient China


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Ancient China
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Geography of Ancient China
  • Isolated
  • Subcontinent ???
  • Natural boundaries surround China
  • seas to the east
  • desert in the north
  • mountains in the west
  • massive mountains in the southwest
  • more mountains in the south
  • Only 10 of the country has descent farmland

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Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang)
  • Chinas longest river begins in the Himalayas
    (Plateau of Tibet) and flows eastward to the East
    China Sea

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Yellow River (Huang He)
  • Yellow because of clay Chinas second longest
    river also begins in the Himalayas (Plateau of
    Tibet) and flows eastward to the Bo Hai Bay /
    Yellow Sea

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Plateau of Tibet
  • Southwestern China, north of Himalayas huge part
    of western China

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Tarim Basin
  • A basin is a large area that is lower than the
    surrounding land bowl-shaped area in western
    China, just northwest of the Plateau of Tibet

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Gobi Desert
  • Cool, dry desert in northern China, near the
    border with Mongolia

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North China Plain
  • Fertile farmland near the mouths of the Yangtze
    and Yellow Rivers in eastern China

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Geography of Ancient China
Gobi Desert
Tarim Basin
Yellow River
Plateau of Tibet
North China Plain
Yangtze River
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