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China’s Geography• Wide variety of land, size of the US, • Deserts, mountains, fertile fields, coastal
plains• Separated from India by Himalayas • Divided by diagonal line—Arid China and
Humid China
• 3 major rivers, all start in west and flow east
• Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers
• All often flood
• Taklimakan Desert —NW China, sandy and many storms
• Gobi Desert —N. Central China and Mongolia, mostly rocky with extreme temp. changes
Japan’s Geography
• Archipelago nation, 4 large islands, most important is Honshu (Tokyo), others –Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
• Most of the land is mountainous
• Many earthquakes and volcanoes due to plate tectonics
• 1500 minor earthquakes a year
• Mt. Fuji –tallest mountain, and active volcano –part of the Ring of Fire