Geography+of+China

__**Geography of China**__

The [|geography of China] has impacted China for many years. There are many major geographic features in China like mountains, rivers, and deserts. This page will get more specific in those topics and explain more about Ancient China geography.

China is the same size as the United States. China has many mountains like the Himalayas. The Himalayas were a major barrier in the south and south west. The Himalays made it difficult to invade China and it kept the people safe. Part of the Himalayas is [|Mount Everest] which is the tallest mountain in the world reaching heights of 8,848 meters or 29,029 feet. The Qinling Shandi mountains separated northern and southern China. Another physical feature to ancient China was the Plateau of Tibet which has several mountains peaks that reach more than 26,000 feet high!

In China there are also many deserts like the [|Gobi Desert]. The Gobi desert was the largest desert in Asia and covers north and north west China. It also made travel difficult in the north and just like the mountains it kept the people safe from invaders. Another desert in China was the Taklimakan desert which was in the north-west of China. Mountains and deserts made travel difficult and isolated China's population to mainly live in the center of China.

China has many rivers like the [|Yellow, or Huang He river] which travels from the east to west. The Yellow river divides northern and southern China and is 3,000 miles long. The river often floods which fertilizes the land and made it better for farming. Also, the Yellow river was the center of civilization in Ancient China because there was a water source and they had a way to travel. Some other rivers in China were the Xi river and the Yangzi river. Also, on the east of China was the Pacific Ocean which was very difficult to travel across.

All of the geographic features greatly impacted society in China. The physical features in China separated them from the whole world. As a result cultural diffusion never occurred there. Another way the geographic features impacted society is that fewer people live in the south because of the mountains. Also, it is hard to farm and live there and it limits travel which isolates population to the east. The geography impacted society because people lived in the east, because it is easier to farm and live there. People also grew wheat and [|millet] along the rivers which they were the center of civilization.

All though cultural diffusion did not happen in Ancient China due to the geographic features, they protected China from invaders and kept there crops safe. Also the geographic features impacted society.

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