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Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment CHINA THE SETTING Part 1 Population and Physiography

Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment CHINA THE SETTING Part 1 Population and Physiography. First Day. Your Name Why are you here?. Electronic Atlas. Great Web Site – will need this for study purposes http://www.travelchinaguide.com/map/. Circa 1100 AD. Relative Size & Location of China.

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Egeo 324: East Asia Human Environment CHINA THE SETTING Part 1 Population and Physiography

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  1. Egeo 324: East Asia Human EnvironmentCHINA THE SETTINGPart 1 Population and Physiography China Geography & Envr

  2. First Day • Your Name • Why are you here? China Geography & Envr

  3. Electronic Atlas • Great Web Site – will need this for study purposes • http://www.travelchinaguide.com/map/ China Geography & Envr

  4. Circa 1100 AD China Geography & Envr

  5. China Geography & Envr

  6. Relative Size & Location of China China Geography & Envr

  7. I. China The Geography and Environment Key Geographic concepts • Pattern vs Process • Site vs Situation • “carrying capacity”, local resource • network impacts • Push, Pull and Barriers to spread • Hearth Areas and Diffusion China Geography & Envr

  8. China Geography & Envr

  9. Population Concentrations China Geography & Envr

  10. Population Summary Classes China Geography & Envr

  11. Population Concentrations another view China Geography & Envr

  12. China Geography & Envr

  13. * • 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 China Geography & Envr

  14. Remote Image China Geography & Envr

  15. Large Scale Remote Image China Geography & Envr

  16. False Color Remote Image of Topography China Geography & Envr Source: http://mac01.eps.pitt.edu/geoweb/facilities/gislab/chinazscale.gif

  17. Change in False Colors China Geography & Envr Source: http://mac01.eps.pitt.edu/geoweb/facilities/gislab.html

  18. 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/ China Geography & Envr

  19. Close-up: Winter Image of Kelan, Shanxi, China China Geography & Envr

  20. Physiography ARID Qinling Mts. HUMID China Geography & Envr

  21. Large Scale Remote Image Qinling Mts. China Geography & Envr

  22. 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) China Geography & Envr

  23. Mountains Altay Mts. (Altai) Junggar Tien Shan Tarim Kunlun (Kunlung) Qaidam North China Plain Altun Mts. Qinling Mts Himalaya Red China Geography & Envr

  24. Basins Junggar or Dzungarian Tarim Qaidam North China Plain Qinling Mts Red China Geography & Envr

  25. Tarim Basin: Takalamakin Desert China Geography & Envr http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ve/2315/Taklimakan.A2001300.0535.1km.jpg

  26. 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. China Geography & Envr http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2007/chinadesert_feat.html

  27. China Geography & Envr

  28. Compare Topography & Population Which Basins and lowlands have population, which don’t? China Geography & Envr

  29. Compare Topography & Population Note the populations along the edge of western basins, but generally not on the Tibetan Plateau China Geography & Envr

  30. Settlements in 3rd Century AD China Geography & Envr

  31. Physiographic Regions Any major cities outside the continental margin? China Geography & Envr

  32. Simplified Regions China Geography & Envr

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  36. Key Concepts Revealed • Population Patterns reveal the human process of meeting basic needs, especially food • Some sites have greater resources and thus higher carrying capacity • Rivers form networks linking resource rich areas and provide most basic resource H2O • Good land pulls population, people are pushed out of crowded spaces, natural barriers channel flows • North China plain is the cradle of Chinese civilization it diffused from this area • Modern economies favor locations on international networks (situation). China Geography & Envr

  37. Key Concepts Revealed • Local resources, like good farm land are a SITE characteristic • Rivers that offer natural transportation links are a SITUATION characteristic • Patterns can be read off maps and then Geographers can speculate on Processes causing them • Mountains are barriers to spread, valleys, basins, and lowlands encourage movement and migration • North China was an important hearth area for the diffusion of Chinese civilization China Geography & Envr

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