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China Geography & Envr 1

Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment

CHINA THE SETTINGPart 1 Population and Physiography


First Day

• Your Name

• Why are you here?

Electronic Atlas

• Great Web Site – can use this for study purposes

• http://www.travelchinaguide.com/map/


China Geography & Envr 4Circa 1100 AD


Relative Size & Location of China


I. China The Geography and EnvironmentKey Geographic concepts1. Pattern vs Process2. Site vs Situation

• “carrying capacity”, local resource• network impacts

3. Push, Pull and Barriers to spread4. Hearth Areas and Diffusion


1. Population (PATTERN) Note concentrations Compare with low density What general patterns emerge What micro level patterns might

be apparent What this doesn't show --

rural/urban split


Population Concentrations


Population Summary Classes


Population Concentrations another view

One Child Starts

Urban Explosion In China


http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/86000/86603/prd_oli_2014320.jpg

http://io9.com/before-and-after-images-reveal-astounding-urban-growth-1730772776


2. Physiograhy (Looking for PROCESS) -- Topography is usually the first tool Geographers use in hypothesizing about a process leading to a human spatial pattern

• Arid – Humid Divide

• North – South Divide

• Basins vs. Mountains

• Rivers

Physiography: The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/physiography

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Remote Image


Large Scale Remote Image


False Color Remote Image of Topography

Source: http://mac01.eps.pitt.edu/geoweb/facilities/gislab/chinazscale.gif


Change in False Colors

Source: http://mac01.eps.pitt.edu/geoweb/facilities/gislab.html


Close-up: Winter Image of Kelan, Shanxi, China This four-meter resolution

satellite image was collected by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on Jan. 26, 2002. The image shows the highlands of Kelan, located in the northwest corner of Shanxi Province in China. The highlands, shown here with patches of snow, are more than 2,000 meters above sea level. China could use remote sensing technologies to manage and protect its environment from soil erosion, deforestation, water shortages and droughts, many due to increased economic development. Click Picture to see large size image Source:

http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ioweek/archive/03-04-16/


Close-up: Winter Image of Kelan, Shanxi, China


Physiography

Qinling Mts.A

RID

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MID


Large Scale Remote Image

Qinling Mts.


• Mountains– What are their locations– What general orientations (directions)

do they follow

• Basins– Red Basin– Arid Inland Basins

• Major Rivers & Valleys– Chang Jiang (Yangtze)– Huang He (Yellow)– Xi (Pearl)


Mountains

Tarim

Junggar

Red

Qaidam

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Qinling Mts

Himalaya

Altay Mts. (Altai)

Altun Mts.

Kunlun (Kunlung)

Tien Shan


Basins

Tarim

Junggar or Dzungarian

Red

Qaidam

Nor

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Pl

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Qinling Mts

Tarim Basin: Takalamakin Desert

China Geography & Envr 28http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ve/2315/Taklimakan.A2001300.0535.1km.jpg


Deserts of China

Map of approximate area of sandy and gobi deserts (shamo) and sandy lands (shadi) in China. 1. Taklimakan Shamo; 2. Gurban Tonggut Shamo; 3. Kumtag Shamo; 4. the shamo in the Qaidam Basin; 5. Badain Jaran Shamo; 6. Tengger Shamo; 7. Ulan Buh Shamo; 8. Qubqi Shamo; 9. Mu Us Shadi; 10. Ortindag Shadi; 11. Horqin Shadi; 12. Hulun Buir Shadi; and 13. shamo in Turpan Depression.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2007/chinadesert_feat.html

Gobi refers to gravely and Shamo to sandy desert


Compare Topography & Population

Which Basins and lowlands have population, which don’t?


Compare Topography & Population

Note the populations along the edge of western basins, but generally not on the Tibetan Plateau


Settlements in 3rd Century AD


Physiographic Regions Any major cities outside the continental margin?

Simplified Regions


China Geography & Envr

Sub-Regions

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Key Concepts Revealed1. Population Patterns reveal the human process

of meeting basic needs, especially food2. Some sites have greater resources and thus

higher carrying capacity3. Rivers form networks linking resource rich areas

and provide most basic resource H2O4. Good land pulls population, people are pushed

out of crowded spaces, natural barriers channel flows

5. North China plain is the cradle of Chinese civilization it diffused from this area

6. Modern economies favor locations on international networks (situation).


Key Concepts Revealed

6. Local resources, like good farm land are a SITE characteristic, historically attracted population

7. Rivers that offer natural transportation links are a SITUATION characteristic (Yangtze River)

8. Patterns can be read off maps and then Geographers can speculate on Processes causing them

9. Mountains are barriers to spread, valleys, basins, and lowlands encourage movement and migration (as long as not desert)

10. North China was an important hearth area for the diffusion of Chinese civilization

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