2. Geography

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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
  • Vietnam


Bodies of water surrounding China:

  • The South China Sea
  • The Yellow Sea

Location of Beijing:
Beijing is located on the western coast of China on the Pacific Ocean.
The present city center is 39°56' N, 116°20' E.

Location of major cities (three mega-cities):

  • Shanghai: Shanghai is located on the east tip of Yangtze River Delta and halfway along China's eastern coastline.
The city center is 31° 41' N, 121°29' E.

  • Tianjin: Tianjin is located between Latitude 38°34’ and 45°15’N and Longitude 116°43’ and 118°04’E.
  • Guangzhou: Guangzhou is located at the South of China with the center of 23° 08' N, 113°15' E.
Geographical features:

Rivers

  • The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world.
    It has a total length of 6,300 kilometer. It is an arterial waterway connection such important cities as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Chongqing.
  • The yellow River (Huang He) is the second longest river in China.
It has a total length of 5,464 kilometers. On its banks lie Lanzhou, Baotou, Zhengzhou, Jinan and other important cities.

Mountains
  • Greater Hinggan ranges extends roughly 1,200 km from north to south, narrowing towards the south.
It divides the plains of northeastern China to the east from the Mongolian Plateau to the west.

Plateau
  • Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 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.