The Geography of China: Sacred and Historic PlacesKenneth Pletcher Senior Editor, Geography and History With its flourishing metropolises, China has come to be identified with urban life and rapid technological advancement. Yet much of its landscape also boasts communities sustained by wondrous natural resources, which contribute to the scenic and spiritual beauty of the nation as well as its economic productivity. Within these pages, readers are invited to tour China s cities, villages, and countryside. They ll visit the natural and manmade landmarks that reveal as much about the history of this vast nation as its geography. |
Contents
GEOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW | 25 |
Plant and Animal Life | 42 |
Transportation | 56 |
Major Chinese Physical | 63 |
Study and Exploration | 76 |
Takla Makan Desert | 85 |
Spotlight on Chinas | 90 |
Beijing | 116 |
The Three Great Cities | 183 |
Nanjing | 196 |
Guangzhou | 205 |
other Major Cities | 217 |
Changsha | 233 |
Economy | 240 |
Chinese Cities | 248 |
Kunming | 259 |
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administrative agricultural Autonomous Region bank became Beijing border Buddhist built capital central centre century Chengdu Chinese Chongqing city’s climate construction cultural Dalai Lama delta developed district early east eastern economic emperor established extended feet foreign Gansu Gorges Grand Canal Guangdong Guangxi Guangzhou Hangzhou Hebei Henan hills Hong Kong Huai River Huang important industrial Island Japanese Jiangsu Jinan Lake land Lanzhou largest Lhasa located Macau major Manchu manufacturing Ming dynasty Mongol Mount Mount Tai municipality Nanjing Nationalist North China Plain northeast northern northwest Palace Pearl River Peninsula People’s plants Plateau population port prefecture province Qing Qingdao railway rice Shaanxi Shandong Shanghai Sichuan soils southeast southern southwest square km square miles Suzhou Tang temples Tianjin Tibet Tibetan tion trade transportation UNESCO World Heritage urban Ürümqi valley wall western World Heritage site Xinjiang Yangtze River Yunnan zone