Climate of China • • 3 climate zone High annual temperature amplitude Great difference in precipitation Annual precipitation vary from 10 мм to 3000 мм
January temperature
July temperature
Amplitude 41℃ Amplitude 17℃
Precipitation
Precipitation in summer
Monsoon
Winter monsoon
Summer monsoon муссон
• Beginning of monsoon
Climate of China’ regions North Climate type Temperate monsoon South Subtropical monsoon North-West Temperate continental Tibet highland
Sand storms
Haze
Water resources of China • • • 6% of world water resources 50 thousands of rivers Total river length – 220 thousand km Total drainage - over 2, 7 billion. km 3 over 2800 lakes with surface area over 1 km 2
Main rivers of China River Basin area(km 2) Length (км) Annual flow (100 млн. м 3) Yantze 1808500 6300 9513 Huanghe 752443 5464 661 Songhua 557180 2308 762 Liaohe 228960 1390 148 Zhujiang 453690 2214 3338 Haihe 263631 1090 228 Huaihe 269283 1000 622
Huanghe
Янцзы
Янцзы около г. Чунцина
Grand Canal
松花江 黄河 长江 西江 塔里木河 黄河源 North River flow South high North-West Inner flow Tibet Spring of rivers
Biggest freshwater lake
Biggest salt water lake
