REVIEWER NUMBER 2  Badain Jaran Desert -2nd largest desert in China located

 Kunlun Mountain – spine of China in the middle of the Badain Jaran Desert.
 Bayakala Mountain – watershed of Yangtze and Yellow  Qaidam Basin – 3rd largest basin in China loated in
River Qinghai Tibet Plateau . It has the highest bottom
 Muztag Ata Mountain – Father of Glaciers altitude in China ( 2,600 – 3,000)
 4 Great Treasures of Qaidam Basin
 Qinghai – Tibet Plateau – roof of the world / biggest 1. Salt 2. Oil 3. Lead Zinc 4. Borax
plateau in China / Very important natural pasture in  Qaidam – Means salt lake in Chinese language
China  Sichuan Basin – 4th largest basin in China
 Qomolongma Mountain- ( Mount Everest) –highest .An intact basin surrounded by mountains
mountain in the world .People call it the purple basin because stones are
 Pian niu – offspring of a bull and a yak purplish red
.Sichuan basin is also called a land of plenty
 Qinghai Lake – Largest salt lake in China .Weather is warm in winter , hot in summer and it is
 Inner Mongolia Plateau – location : Northern China / most cloudy and foggy
second largest plateau in China / has a very dry  Yangtze River – 3rd longest river in the world which
weather / 1/3 of the total desert of China originates from Tanggula Mountain.( part of Qinghai
 Hetao Plain – Fertile alluvial plain in Inner Mongolia Tibet Plateau ) It passes through 11 provinces.
 Jiangnan – areas south of the lower reaches of the
Yangtze River
 Loess Plateau – 3rd largest in China
 li- Chinese unit of length ( equivalent to half kilometer )
 Yunnan Guizhou Plateau – 4th largest in China
 Bazi – means basins in China
 Karst – topography widely distributed in Yunnan
Guizhou Plateau. It gradually forms after limestones is
dissolved and eroded by water over a long period of
time
 Northeast plain – biggest plain in China ( 350,000 km2)
/ most important grain producing area in China /
famous for its black soil
 North China Plain – 2nd largest plain / came into being
because of the large amount of mud and sand brought
down by Yellow River , Huaihe and Haihe River which
filled in the sea
 Cities located in North China Plain
1. Xuzhou 2. Beijing 3. Tianjin 4. Jinan
 Middle and Lower Yangtze Valley Plain – 3rd largest
plain in China / has the reputation of a “water village”
because it is densely covered with rivers and lakes
 Cities in the Middle and Lower Yangtze Valley Plain
1. Wuhan 2. Changsha 3. Nanjing 4. Shanghai
 Tarim Basin – Chinese call Tarim basin oil sea
Largest inland basin in the world ( encircled by Mt.
Tiangshan , Kunlun , Altyn Tagh and Pamirs )
 Tarim – means river flowing into lakes and deserts in
Chinese
 Taklamakan Desert – largest desert in China located in
Tarim basin
 Junggar Basin –lies between the Tianshan and Altai
Mountain