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China's Geography
This is all about china's geography
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Geography
6th Grade
03/04/2009

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What is the average elevation of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateu?

Definition

 

 

13,500 feet

(a little more than 2 miles)

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How many square miles is the Gobi Desert?

Definition

 

 

over 500,000 square miles

Term

 

 

What is an oasis?

Definition

 

 

a place where water can be found in a desert

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In the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts, what is the average summer temperature? (fahrenheit)

Definition

 

 

about 100 degrees fahrenheit

(37.77777781 degrees celsius)


 

Term

 

 

Is the Northeastern Plain

a.cold and dry

b.warm and moist

c.warm and dry

d.cold and moist

Definition

 

 

a.cold and dry

Term

 

 

How many inches is the annual precipitation in the North China Plain?

Definition

 

 

About 23 inches

Term

 

 

What is the "nickname" of the Chang Jiang River?

Definition

 

 

The Long River

Term

 

 

What is the climate like in the Chang Jiang Basins?

a.hot and moist

b.hot and dry

c.cold and dry

d.cold and moist

Definition

 

 

a.hot and moist

Term

 

 

Modern China is the ______ largest country in the world.

Definition

 

 

third

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The Gobi desert is in present day _______.

Definition

 

 

Mongolia

Term

 

 

What phrase that means "Taklimakan desert"?

Definition

 

 

Once you go in, you will not come out

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How many inches is the annual precipitation in the Northwestern Deserts?

Definition

 

 

about 5 inches

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