GEO 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bohai Sea, Xi River, Yangtze
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Political geography: chi(cid:374)a (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)s (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) 85% of real(cid:373)"s populatio(cid:374, states versus political entities disagreements regarding sovereignty and autonomy of certain nations that consider themselves independent. Environment and population: tectonic plates converge under japan earthquakes and tsunamis. Damage to nuclear plants by tsunamis, heavy flooding, largest earthquake experienced in japan: climates compared to north america. More highlands (h) (western east asia), arid climates (bwk and bsk) (north east asia), and humid cold dry winter climates (dwb) (northeast. Us has much more humid temperate no-dry-season (cfa) (eastern us) Chi(cid:374)a"s little cfa and cwa (humid temperate dry winter) climate regions are super densely populated: the great rivers. Two most important rivers, in the middle of china: Huang he (yellow river) loops around ordos desert and flows into bohai gulf. Yangzi river most famous, called chang jiang upstream, Xi jiang i(cid:374) south, estuary has (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e east asia"s greatest hu(cid:271) of globalization. Liao river in north, harsher climate, but great opportunity from minerals.
