Land and Climate

China in the World

India

Central Asia Mongolia

China

Siberia

Southeast Asia

Tibet Pacific Ocean

India

Central Asia Mongolia

China

Siberia

Southeast Asia

Tibet Pacific Ocean

Average January Temps

Average July Temps

Austin, TX=50

Austin, TX=84

Mean Annual Precipitation in China

Austin, Texas 800mm (31in) 100mm=3.94in

Agriculture Temperate zone

North China Plain

Pastoral Nomadism Steppe

Inner Mongolia

Population density

Great Wall

Great Wall

Regions of China

Manchuria Mongolia Xinjiang

(E. Turkestan)

Tibetan Plateau China Proper

Taiwan

Regions of China

Manchuria Mongolia Xinjiang

(E. Turkestan)

Tibetan Plateau China Proper

Taiwan

Changing sphere of Chinese civilization

Regions of China

Manchuria Mongolia Xinjiang

(E. Turkestan)

Tibetan Plateau China Proper

Taiwan

China Proper

China Proper

Southwest Plateau

(West r.)

< 20 in. annual rainfall

North China

South China

> 20 in, annual rainfall

Qinling Mts

Qinling Mts. Huai R.

Cultivated fields in Loess Plateau of N. China Shaanxi Province

Rice fields in S. China

Rice terraces S. China

China Proper

Southwest Plateau

(West r.)

Mountains

Yellow R.

Yangzi R.

West (Xi) R. aka Pearl R.

Upper Yellow River, Qinghai Province

Hukou waterfalls on Yellow River Shaanxi Province

Middle Yellow River

loess plateau

China Proper

loess plateau (middle Yellow R. valley)

China Proper

N. China Plain (lower Yellow R. valley)

North China Plain (Lower Yellow R.)

Yellow River Delta Shandong Province

Changes in the course of the Yellow River

Shandong Peninsula

Yellow Sea

China Proper

Yangzi River Yangtze River Changjiang

Lake Dongting Lake Poyang Sichuan Basin

Upper Yangzi River, Tibet

Lake Dongting Lake Poyang

Sichuan Basin

Min River Valley Sichuan Province

Sichuan Province

Three Gorges area of Yangzi River Sichuan Province

Lake Dongting Lake Poyang Sichuan Basin

Middle Yangzi R. valley

Middle Yangzi River Wuhan, Hubei

Satellite image of Yangzi Delta Shanghai

China Proper

Nanling Mts.

Nanling Mts. Lingnan: area south of the Nanling Mts. West River aka Pearl River

Pearl River Delta Guangdong Province

Guangzhou (Canton)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island

China Proper

Southwest Plateau

Southwestern "Plateau" Guizhou

Guilin Guangxi Autonomous Region

China Proper

Wuyi Mountains Fujian Province

Dongshan Island Fujian Province

China Proper

Regions of China

Manchuria Mongolia Xinjiang

(E. Turkestan)

Tibetan Plateau China Proper

Taiwan

Qiang villagers Sichuan Povince

Traditional clothing of the Yi people Sichuan Province

Manchuria (Northeastern China)

Mongolian Steppe

Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Northern Steppe Mongolia

Mongolian Yurts

Eurasian Steppe

Regions of China

Manchuria Mongolia Xinjiang

(E. Turkestan)

Tibetan Plateau China Proper

Taiwan

Tianshan Mountains

Xinjiang E. Turkestan

Junggar (Zunghaer) Basin Xinjiang Autonomous Region

Ili River Valley, Junggar Basin Xinjiang Autonomous Region

Kazakh herder in Junggar basin Xinjiang

Tianshan Mountains

Xinjiang E. Turkestan

Kashgar, Tarim Basin Xinjiang Autonomous Region

Taklimakan Desert Xinjiang Autonomous Region

Uighur man Xinjiang

Satellite image of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Mount Everest in the Himalaya Mountains Tibet

Tibet

Tibetan woman with yak

Island of Taiwan