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Geography Of China
Stressing 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from east to west and 3,400
miles(5,500 km) from north to south china is a large country with widely
varying landscapes.Its territory includes mountains,high plateaus,sandy
deserts andd dense forest.One third of Chinas land area is made up of
mountains.The tallest mountains on earth Mount Everest sits on the border
between China and Nepal.China has thousands of rivers.The Yangtze and the
yellow rivers are the most important.At 3,915 miles(6,300 km)long,the
Yangtze is the world third larges river.
Nature
Chinas diverse habitats are home to hundreds of species of animals and
plants.More than 3,800 species of fish and hundreds of amphibians and
reptile species live in the rivers lakes and coastal waters.Chinas forests
wildlife is threatened by logging and clear-cutting(clearing the land of all
trees)for farmland.Expanding deserts in the north also shrink animals
habitats.The Chineese government has created more than 1,200 reserves to
protect plant and animal species.
Peoples & Culture
With a population of 1.3 billion,China has more people than any other
country on earth.About a third of the populations lives in cities,the rest
of the people live in the country.
Arts and crafts have a long history in china.Thousands of years ago the
chineese were some of the first people to use silk,jade,bronze,wood and
paper to make art.The artistic writing called caligraphy was invented in
China.
Much of China modern beliefs and philosophies are based on the yeachings
of a government official who lived nearly 3,000 years ago.Kongfuzi also
known as confucius,tought people the value of such things as
morality,kindness,and education.
Government & Economy
China is an authoitarian state ruled by a very powerful central
governnment .A huge workforce and lost of natural resources have driven
economic change.This has forced the communist government to permit more
economic and personal freedoms,but it has come at a huge cost to the
environment.
Languages
Chinese speak standard chineese snd mandarin.
Money
Chineese use Yuans.
Stressing 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from east to west and 3,400
miles(5,500 km) from north to south china is a large country with widely
varying landscapes.Its territory includes mountains,high plateaus,sandy
deserts andd dense forest.One third of Chinas land area is made up of
mountains.The tallest mountains on earth Mount Everest sits on the border
between China and Nepal.China has thousands of rivers.The Yangtze and the
yellow rivers are the most important.At 3,915 miles(6,300 km)long,the
Yangtze is the world third larges river.
Nature
Chinas diverse habitats are home to hundreds of species of animals and
plants.More than 3,800 species of fish and hundreds of amphibians and
reptile species live in the rivers lakes and coastal waters.Chinas forests
wildlife is threatened by logging and clear-cutting(clearing the land of all
trees)for farmland.Expanding deserts in the north also shrink animals
habitats.The Chineese government has created more than 1,200 reserves to
protect plant and animal species.
Peoples & Culture
With a population of 1.3 billion,China has more people than any other
country on earth.About a third of the populations lives in cities,the rest
of the people live in the country.
Arts and crafts have a long history in china.Thousands of years ago the
chineese were some of the first people to use silk,jade,bronze,wood and
paper to make art.The artistic writing called caligraphy was invented in
China.
Much of China modern beliefs and philosophies are based on the yeachings
of a government official who lived nearly 3,000 years ago.Kongfuzi also
known as confucius,tought people the value of such things as
morality,kindness,and education.
Government & Economy
China is an authoitarian state ruled by a very powerful central
governnment .A huge workforce and lost of natural resources have driven
economic change.This has forced the communist government to permit more
economic and personal freedoms,but it has come at a huge cost to the
environment.
Languages
Chinese speak standard chineese snd mandarin.
Money
Chineese use Yuans.