Ancient China - Geography. Geography of Ancient China Isolated Subcontinent ??? Natural boundaries surround China –seas to the east –desert in the north.

Ancient China - Geography

Geography of Ancient China

• Isolated• Subcontinent ???• Natural boundaries surround China

– seas to the east– desert in the north– mountains in the west– massive mountains in the southwest– more mountains in the south

• Only 10% of the country has descent farmland

Chang Jiang River (Yangzi)

• China’s longest river; begins in the Himalayas (Plateau of Tibet) and flows eastward to the East China Sea

Chang Jiang River (Yangzi)

Huang He River (Yellow)• Yellow because of clay; China’s second longest river;

also begins in the Himalayas / Plateau of Tibet and flows eastward to the Bo Hai Bay / Yellow Sea

Huang He River (Yellow)

Plateau of Tibet / Himalayas

• plateau – elevated area of land• Southwestern China; high elevation with many

mountains; huge part of western China

Tarim Basin & Taklamakan Desert

• basin – a large area that is lower than the surrounding land

• Western China; just northwest of the Plateau of Tibet; dominated by Taklamakan Desert

Gobi Desert• Cool, dry desert in northern China, near the border

with Mongolia

Manchurian (Northeastern) Plain

• Fertile farmland between the Amur River and the mouth of the Huang He River in northeastern China

North China Plain• Fertile farmland near the mouths of the Chang Jiang

and Huang He Rivers in eastern China

Yellow Sea• An arm of the Pacific Ocean between the Chinese

mainland and the Korean Peninsula; connects with the East China Sea to the south; made yellow due to clay

East China Sea• An arm of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by

China, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu and Kyushu islands; has rich fishing grounds

South China Sea• An arm of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by

southeast China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and Vietnam; world’s largest sea

Great Wall of China• Qin began construction• The world's longest man-made

structure 3,948 mi.

Geography of Ancient China

Tarim Basin & Taklimakan

Desert

Plateau of Tibet / Himalayas

Chang Jiang River

North ChinaPlain

Huang He River

Gobi Desert

Manchurian Plain

South China Sea

East China Sea

Yellow Sea