Economic Geography of China Lecturer Ph D in

Economic Geography of China Lecturer: Ph. D. in Geography, Ekaterina Andeevna Fortygina

Content • • Geography of China Natural Resources of China Geography of Industry and Agriculture Regional Geography of China

Course Estimation • Home tasks - 30 points • Geographical names – Physical Geography of China– 15 points – Economic Geography of China – 15 points • Test – 40 points • Exam (60+40) • katia 55@yandex. ru

Literature • http: //www. china. org. cn • Songqiao Zhao. The Physical Geography of China, 1994. • Gregory Veeck. China's geography: globalization and the dynamics of political, economic development, 2007 • The Geography of China: Sacred and Historic Places, Britanica, 2006 • www. stats. gov. cn (in Chinese&English) • www. chinadata. ru (in Russian) • Г. А. Ганшин, И. В. Ушаков. Китай. Социальноэкономический очерк. М. : Мысль, 2004

The Economic Geography of China Lecture 1. Geography of China

China in the World

China • Total area - 9, 6 mln sq. km – ¼ of Asia; 1/15 of the World • More than 5400 islands • Stretching – From North to South - 49 о latitude – From West to East - 62 о longitude • Total length of borders - 22, 8 thousand km

Mohe and Amur Rivers（ 53°N） Pamir （ 73°Е） Ussuri River 135°E Archipelago Nansha（4°N）

Bohai Gulf Yellow Sea East China Sea Gulf of Tonkin Qingzhou Strait Sea around China South China Sea Formosa Strait (Taiwan Haixia)

Taiwan island Hainan island Biggest islands

Biggest peninsulas

Biggest peninsulas

Biggest peninsulas

Relief

Relief

Biggest plateau

Central part of Tibet Plateau

Central part of Tibet Plateau average height – 4800 м

Biggest mountain range

mount Everest, 8848 м

Biggest mountain range Highest point – mount Kongur, 7719 м Highest point – mount Chogori (К 2), 8611 м

Biggest mountain range

Kunlun – the biggest mountain range in Asia

Biggest mountain range

Sino-Tibet mountains

Biggest basins