Ancient China
Himalayas
Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert is the largest Asian desert. It is also the 5th largest desert.The Gobi Desert sits over an arc-shaped land that has an area of 1.3 million square kilometers.
Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on Earth
The Himalayas served as a barrier for tens of thousands of years.
Mt.Everest was named after Colonel Sir George Everest
Mt.Everest is the tallest mountain in the Himalayas and the world
Yellow River
Himalayas was formed by India and Tibets tectonic plates colliding
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Morgay climbed to the summit of Mt Everest
click to edit
Even thought the desert is present both in China and Mongolia,people usually refer to this desert as a Chinese desert.That is either lock of knowledge or just an attempt to keep things short.
The geography of the North China Plain has had profound cultural and political implications. Unlike areas to the south of the Yangtze, the plain
The geography of the North China Plain has had profound cultural and political implications. Unlike areas to the south of the Yangtze, the plain
The Himalayas are the source for the Indus, the Yangtze and the Ganga-Brahmaputra. All three are major river systems for the continent of Asia.
The Himalayas are the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. There are approximately 15,000 glaciers located throughout the range. At 48 miles (72 km) in length, the Himalayan Siachen glacier is the largest glacier outside the poles.
The plain is bordered on the north by the Yanshan Mountains and on the west by the Taihang Mountains, and the
Because of the great amount of tectonic motion still occurring at the site, the Himalayas have a proportionally high number of earthquakes and tremors.
The Himalayas cover approximately 75% of Nepal.
Beijing, the national capital, is located on the northeast edge of the plain, with Tianjin, an important industrial city and commercial port, near its northeast coast. Shengli Oilfield in Shandong is an important petroleum base. It is also home to the Yellow River.
The desert is vast but it is actually surrounded by Mongolian grasslands and Altai mountains,just in case you are not aware Altai mountains sit in a place where 4 Asian countries come together those countries are china,Mongolia,Kazakhstan,and Russia.
"It is called the Yellow River because huge amounts of loess sediment turn the water that colour. So much of this mineral-rich soil ends up in the Yellow River that it can fill the riverbed and thus change the river’s course."
"The Yellow River is known as the "Mother River of China" and "the Cradle of Chinese Civilization" in China, as its basin is the birthplace of the northern Chinese civilizations and the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. But frequent devastating floods, largely due to the elevated river bed in its lower course, have also earned it the distinction "China's Sorrow".
"It is called the Yellow River because huge amounts of loess sediment turn the water that colour. So much of this mineral-rich soil ends up in the Yellow River that it can fill the riverbed and thus change the river’s course.
"The Yellow River is indicative of the problems affecting many of China's rivers. Pollution, hydropower, and intensive water extraction for human consumption, agriculture, and industrial use are all taking their toll on the river. "
click to edit