China is also bounded by the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in the east and the South China Sea in the southeast. China shares its borders with 14 countries: Mongolia in the north Russia and North Korea in the northeast Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal in the south Pakistan in the southwest Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in the west. Where is China?Ĭhina is an East Asian country, situated in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Located in the east coast of China, on the Yangtze estuary is Shanghai – the largest city and the most populous urban area in China. Based on the urban population, Beijing is the 2 nd largest city in China. It is also one of the world’s as well as China’s leading cultural, administrative, educational and economic centers. Beijing is the world’s most populous capital city with over 21 million residents.

Located in North China, is Beijing – the capital of China. With a population of about 1.4 billion people, China is the most populous country in the world. km, China occupies major parts of the East Asian landmass. The 2 special administrative regions are Hong Kong and Macau. The 4 municipalities are: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. The 5 autonomous regions are: Guangxi, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia, Xinjiang Uygur and Xizang (Tibet). 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. Provinces of China MapĬhina (officially, People’s Republic of China) is divided into 22 administrative provinces (sheng), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu), 4 municipalities (shi) and 2 special administrative regions. China's lowest point, and the third lowest point on the Earth's surface, is the arid Turpan Depression located in the far western part of the country.įrom the higher elevations in the west literally thousands of rivers drain the country the most significant include the Yangtze (third longest river on the planet), and the Heilong (Amur), Mekong, Pearl and Yellow. Prolonged drought in the area result in debilitating dust storms, and have caused China to lose a million acres a year to desertification. Here the topography varies from sand desert, into the low mountain foothills and plateaus that stretch into Mongolia. The Gobi Desert runs west to east along the border with Mongolia.

Numerous rivers arise in the Himalayas, including the Indus and Brahmaputra rivers.Īs can be observed on the map, in the far northeast, high mountains ring China's border with the Russian Federation. Everest, which is also the tallest mountain in the world, and whose summit reaches 29,025 ft. Located within the Himalayas is China's highest point, the famed Mt. The Himalayas, the world's most elevated mountain range, form its southwestern borders with India, Nepal and Bhutan, and contain the highest peaks in the world. In the vast western reaches of China - mountains, high plateaus and deserts dominate the landscape, while in the central and east areas, the land slopes into broad plains and deltas. As observed on the physical map of China above, the country has a highly varied topography including plains, mountains, plateaus, deserts, etc. China covers an area of about 9.6 million sq.

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