China Maps & Details – World Atlas

China covers an space of about 9.6 million sq. km in East Asia. As noticed on the bodily map of China above, the nation has a extremely different topography together with plains, mountains, plateaus, deserts, and so forth.

Within the huge western reaches of China – mountains, excessive plateaus and deserts dominate the panorama, whereas within the central and east areas, the land slopes into broad plains and deltas.

The Himalayas, the world’s most elevated mountain vary, type its southwestern borders with India, Nepal and Bhutan, and include the very best peaks on the earth. Situated inside the Himalayas is China’s highest level, the famed Mt. Everest, which can also be the tallest mountain on the earth, and whose summit reaches 29,025 ft. (8.850 m). Quite a few rivers come up within the Himalayas, together with the Indus and Brahmaputra rivers.

As could be noticed on the map, within the far northeast, excessive mountains ring China’s border with the Russian Federation.

The Gobi Desert runs west to east alongside the border with Mongolia. Right here the topography varies from sand desert, into the low mountain foothills and plateaus that stretch into Mongolia. Extended drought within the space lead to debilitating mud storms, and have prompted China to lose one million acres a yr to desertification. China’s lowest level, and the third lowest level on the Earth’s floor, is the arid Turpan Melancholy positioned within the far western a part of the nation.

From the upper elevations within the west actually 1000’s of rivers drain the nation; probably the most vital embody the Yangtze (third longest river on the planet), and the Heilong (Amur), Mekong, Pearl and Yellow.

Provinces of China Map

China (formally, Folks’s Republic of China) is split into 22 administrative provinces (sheng), 5 autonomous areas (zizhiqu), 4 municipalities (shi) and a pair of particular administrative areas. 

In alphabetical order, these provinces are: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunan and Zhejiang. The 5 autonomous areas are: Guangxi, Nei Mongol (Internal Mongolia), Ningxia, Xinjiang Uygur and Xizang (Tibet). The 4 municipalities are: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. The two particular administrative areas are Hong Kong and Macau.

With an space of 9.6 million sq. km, China occupies main components of the East Asian landmass. With a inhabitants of about 1.4 billion folks, China is probably the most populous nation on the earth. Situated in North China, is Beijing – the capital of China. Beijing is the world’s most populous capital metropolis with over 21 million residents. It is usually one of many world’s in addition to China’s main cultural, administrative, instructional and financial facilities. Based mostly on the city inhabitants, Beijing is the two^nd largest metropolis in China. Situated within the east coast of China, on the Yangtze estuary is Shanghai – the most important metropolis and probably the most populous city space in China. 

The place is China?

China is an East Asian nation, located within the Northern and Jap hemispheres of the Earth. China shares its borders with 14 nations: Mongolia within the north; Russia and North Korea within the northeast; Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal within the south; Pakistan within the southwest; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan within the west. China can also be bounded by the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea within the east and the South China Sea within the southeast.  

China Bordering International locations:
Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Russia, North Korea, India, Nepal, Mongolia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan.

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