Visit to ChinaUnit 1: Geography of China

Unit 1 Objectives

Where is China located?

What are the characteristics of the relief and climate of China?

What is the major relief of China?

How do the ethnic groups of China differ from one another?

Where is China located?1. Which continent?

Answer: Asia

2. Which ocean is in the east of China?

Answer: The Pacific Ocean

3. Do you know how many times the area of China is to

the area of Hong Kong?Answer: 9.6 million km2.

About 8696 times the area of Hong Kong!!

What are the neighboring countries of China?

Try putting China together! You can try this game.

What is the major relief of China?

What is ‘relief’?Answer: the difference in height (elevation/slope) from the surrounding

terrain (land)

What are the 3 main kinds of relief in China?

Answer: plateaus, basins and plains

Plateaus, Basins, PlainsPlateau Plain

Plain: a broad piece of flat land just

above the sea level and is ideal for

farming

BasinBasin: a large

area of flat land that is

surrounded by mountains

Plateau: a flat piece of grassland high above the sea

level and is suitable for grazing animals

Mountain Ranges

A mountain range or mountain belt is a large area containing numerous mountains close together.

Rivers

Rivers are a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another stream.