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Geography of Ancient China
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The Great Wall of China is a good example of a man-made feature!
What are man-made features?
- Anything that is not natural!
- Buildings
- Roads
- Airports
Sometimes we can adapt natural features and they become man-made!
YANGZI RIVER
The Yangzi River is the longest in China and third longest in the world.
The Yangzi River allows for strong rice growing regions in the south of China!
Quick sum up!
Where in the world is China?
What are physical features?
China is located in the continent of Asia
Beijing is the modern day capital of China!
Modern day China is the 4th largest country!
It has approximately 1.3 billion people
Australia has 23 million - What a difference!
- Deserts
- Rivers
- Mountains
- Types and amounts of plants
Weather
It has a great variety of climates and terrains.
The south is wet and tropical, with some rainforest coverage.
North-west China is covered in desert.
In the very far north-east, close to Russia, the temperature can drop to -50ºC in the winter!
The Yellow River taught in Chinese creation story:
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/story/sto_set.html
YELLOW RIVER
The Yellow River gets its name because of the yellow dust that is blown
across the north of China from Central Asia.
It is blown into the river and gives it a yellow appearance.
What is geography?
Geography refers to the physical and man made features of the earth
This varies depending on where in the world it is located!
ACTIVITY!
China's Physical features
These two rivers were very important for Ancient China's growth and success.
Why do you think this is the case?
*Think back to Ancient Egypt - Why was The Nile important?
*What does fresh water bring a country?
About 5,200km west to east
About 5,500km north to south
Where would you live?
You are the leader of your tribe and your people are looking to you to decide where they should settle. It’s been a long walk from Africa! Think of the pros and cons for each area.
Decide on the area you want your people to settle in and create a convincing poster on Piktocart!
*Further explained on blog*
The melting snows from the Himalaya mountains in the west create two of China's most important rivers,the Yellow River and the Yangzi River.