Chinese Geography 1

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>China </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>is located in the east of </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Asia </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>and the west coast of the </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Pacific Ocean</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. China's land area is about </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>9.6 million square kilometers</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. It ranks third in the world after Russia and Canada and is almost the same area as Europe. In fact Chinese territory has a longitude of more than 60 degrees from east to west spanning 5 time zones and a distance of about 5200 kilometers from east to west. The north-south span of Chinese territory is nearly 50 degrees and the north-south distance is about 5500 kilometers. China's mainland </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>coastline </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>is more than 18000 kilometers long and there are many excellent harbors along the coast which are convenient for ships to shelter and dock. There are more than 5000 Chinese islands most of which are located in the waters south of the </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Yangtze River </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>estuary. The largest archipelago in China is the Zhoushan Islands which is located in the sea east of Zhejiang Province. No wonder China is a very diverse country with all types of geographical features such as the lofty mountains rivers lakes deserts forests grasslands etc.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> The book has 10 chapters in the following order:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 1: Overview of China's Geography (第一章：中国地理概况)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 2: The Land Area (第二章：土地面积)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 3: The Terrain (第三章：地形)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 4: Geographic Regions (第四章：区域)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 5: Rivers and Lakes (第五章：河流和湖泊)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 6: The Yellow River (第六章：黄河)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 7: Qinghai Lake (第七章：青海湖)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 8: The Mountains (第八章：山区地形)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 9: The Tibetan Plateau (第九章：青藏高原)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Chapter 10: Chinese Deserts (第十章：中国的沙漠)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> The current book volume Chinese Geography is a Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the numerous important geographic features of China. The first volume in the </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Introduction to Chinese Geography Series</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> (中国地理百科全知道) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 1000 unique Chinese characters the volume would be suitable for the beginners lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (</span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>HSK 1-6</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>). Overall the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.</span></p>