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GEOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................2
FAST FACTS ............................................................... ......................................................... .........2
LIVING IN CHINA .......................................................................................................................3
ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES IN CHINA .................................................. ............................4
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GeographyFASTFACTS
CAPITAL: Beijing (in the
northeast part of China)
LANGUAGE: In China,
they speak Standard Chinese
or Mandarin.
SCHOOLING: 96% of
males and 88.5% of females
can read and write in China.
As a total, 92.2% of people
aged 15 and over can read
and write.
GOVERNMENT: Chinas
is a republic, which means
they have a president, they
run the country themselves
and represent the country.
INTERNET USERS:
China has a huge 389 million
people with access to the
internet, whereas Australia
has about 15 million. (2009)
THE GREAT WALL OF
CHINA: The great wall of
China was built over 2500
years ago to protect against
invaders from the north.
Troops would patrol the
wall to defend China against
attack. The wall was once
over 6000 miles long, and is
now about 3750 miles long.
RELIGION:The main
religions in China include;
Taoist, Buddhist and Muslim.
NATIONAL FLAG: Red
with five stars.
AREA
The total area of China is 9 596 691 square kilometers. Only 3 countries in the world are
bigger than it (Russia Canada, United States).
LANDSCAPESChina is a large country with varying landscapes, including mountains, high plateaus, sand
deserts and dense forests.
RIVERS
The two most important rivers in China are The Yangtze (also known as Chang Jiang) and
the Yellow River. At 6300 km the Yangtze is the worlds third largest river. The Yangtze
River flows by Shanghai. The yellow river crosses the Great Wall Of China.
BORDERING COUNTRIES
China has 14 bordering countries, including Mongolia and Russian Federation.
SEAS / OCEANSTo the east of China, the Pacific Ocean borders, and the South China Sea borders along the
southeast side of China.
TERRAIN
Mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west, plains, deltas and hills in east. Very
different to Australia with low plateaus, deserts and fertile plain in southeast.
MOUNTAINS
One-third of Chinas land area is made up of mountains. The tallest mountain on Earth, Mt
Everest sits on the border between China and Nepal.
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POPULATION
China has a very large population of
1 343 329 923 (July 2012 est.) It is
the country with the biggest
population in the whole world. It
makes up 1/6 of the world. Their
population growth rate is 0.481 %,
whereas Australias is 1.126 %.
However majority of the population
is male, as many chinese mothers
will get abortions if they find out
that the sex of their baby is female,
because they believe females are
less useful to them and boys are
easier to raise, as well as when boys
grow up they become workers and
earn more money for their family.
The urban population is 47% of the
population. It means the number of
people living in the cities. The
population density in China is 133.69
people per sqkm (ranked 72nd in the
world) whereas Australia is 52 times
less, with a population density of 2.65people per sqkm (ranked 224th).
Most of the people in China live in the
Eastern and Southern half of the
country because it has a coastline and
numerous offshore islands. It is a
region of fertile lowlands, with most
of the agricultural output and
population.
BIRTH/DEATH RATES
Chinas birth rate is 12.31 births /
1000 population (July 2012 est.) and
the death rate for China is 7.17
deaths / 1000 population. Compared
to Australia with lower rates of 12.28
births / 1000 population and 6.94
deaths / 1000 population.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
Males in China are expected to live
72.84 years, whereas females are
only expected to live 72.11 years.
EMPLOYMENTThe biggest sector of working chinese
people is agriculture, with a total of
36.7 % of the population working in
that sector.
POVERTY IN CHINA
Currently, a total of 13.4 % of people in China are living below the poverty line. China is working to decrease this even more
by raising the poverty line.
CHINESE PEOPLE...
Most chinese people are famers and
herders. They have a major challenge
to keep the countries large
population fed.
In China, more boys are born
because they are more useful to
the country as they become
workers.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
The giant panda is an endangered
species. It lives in the misty
mountains southwest CHina and
nowhere else in the world. They eat
bamboo and usually live near strands
of the woody evergreen plant. Pandas
have been hunted and only about
1600 remain on Earth,
THREATS TO ANIMAL AND PLANT
SPECIES
Two examples of what threatens
animal and plant species in China are:
- logging and clear cutting (clearing
the land of all the trees)
- expanding deserts in the north,
which shrink animal habitats.
WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT?
The government in China has created
more than 1200 reserves to protect
plant and animal species.
Animal andPlant
Species in
China
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