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Imperial China (Yangtze river (also called the Chang Jiang or 'long…
Imperial China
Yangtze river
also called the Chang Jiang or 'long river'
the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world.
Great wall of china)
The Great Wall of China is a wall that covers much of the northern border of China. If you take the length of the entire wall, plus various branches, it is around 5,500 miles long!
Smaller walls had been built over the years, but the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, decided that he wanted a single giant wall to protect his northern borders.
The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols
Himalayas
The Himalayas are by far the tallest mountains in the world.
This mighty range stretches 1,500 miles from east to west, across Bhutan, Nepal, India, Tibet, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Plateau of Tibet
It covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Qinghai Province in China, and Ladakh in Kashmir, India.
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau, is a vast, high plateau in Central Asia.
Gobi Desert
It stretches nearly 1,000 miles east and west and nearly 5,000 miles north and south across large parts of Mongolia and China. In total, it covers 500,000 square miles
The Gobi is Asia's
largest desert.
Yellow
River
Asia's second longest in the world
also known as huang hc
7.19 - Create a visual or multimedia display to identify the physical location and major geographical features of China including the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, and the Gobi Desert. (G)
forbidden city
Palace of the emperors during the Ming and Quing dynasties
latest ancient palace in the world
Zheng He
In the early 1400s, Zheng He led the largest ships in the world on seven voyages of exploration to the lands around the Indian Ocean, demonstrating Chinese excellence at shipbuilding and navigation.
The Great Wall
The Great Wall of China is a wall that covers much of the northern border of China. If you take the length of the entire wall, plus various branches, it is around 5,500 miles long! No wonder they call it the Great Wall.