2.+Geography

**China's Area:** 9,596,961 sq. km. (about 3.7 million sq. mi.)

**Bordering nations:**


 * Afghanistan
 * Bhutan
 * Burma
 * India
 * Kazakhstan
 * North Korea
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Laos
 * Mongolia
 * Nepal
 * Pakistan
 * Russia (northeast)
 * Russia (northwest)
 * Tajikistan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Vietnam

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**Bodies of water surrounding China:**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">The South China Sea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">The Yellow Sea

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Beijing is located on the western coast of China on the Pacific Ocean. The present city center is 39°56' N, 116°20' E.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Location of Beijing: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**Location of major cities (three mega-cities):**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> The city center is 31° 41' N, 121°29' E.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Shanghai**:** Shanghai is located on the east tip of Yangtze River Delta and halfway along China's eastern coastline.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Tianjin: Tianjin is located between Latitude 38°34’ and 45°15’N and Longitude 116°43’ and 118°04’E.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Guangzhou: Guangzhou is located at the South of China with the center of 23° 08' N, 113°15' E.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> __Rivers__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Geographical features: **

> It has a total length of 6,300 kilometer. It is an arterial waterway connection such important cities as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Chongqing. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> It has a total length of 5,464 kilometers. On its banks lie Lanzhou, Baotou, Zhengzhou, Jinan and other important cities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">__The Yangtze River__ is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">__The yellow River (Huang He)__ is the second longest river in China.

__Mountains__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> It divides the plains of northeastern China to the east from the Mongolian Plateau to the west.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">__Greater Hinggan__ ranges extends roughly 1,200 km from north to south, narrowing towards the south.

__Plateau__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">__Qinghai-Tibet Plateau__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">is bound to the south by the 2500km long Himalaya, to the west by Karakoram, to the north by Kunlun and the Altyn Tagh ranges.