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China- ____ largest country in the world in area; most ___________
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3rd; populated
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Mountains=_____ ; SE China has ____ rivers & steep ____________
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40%; low & sided valleys
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Plateau of Tibet (worlds _______ plateau), ______ Basin, Turpa Depression
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(highest), Tarim
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Plains & river valleys- ______ plain, _____ Basin, ______ China Plain, Manchurian _____
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Coastal, Red, Norh, Plain
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Major rivers- _______, Chang, ___
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Huang, Xi
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Mongolia- ________ Plateau, ________ Desert
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Mongolian, Dobi
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Taiwan- ____ mountains in _____; _____ area in west
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High, east; flatter
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______ system=major impact; _________ third of China receives _____ rainfall; rainfall ________ to the north & west
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Monsoon; eastern, most; decreases
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Mild humid _________- Southeastern China, Taiwan
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Subtropical
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Dry _______-_______ China, Tibet; cold, rain shadow in ____________ Desert
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Highland-Western; Taklimakan
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_______ & ____- north-______ China & Mongolia(_____ Desert); __________ temperatures
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Semiarid & arid- central, (Gobi); extreme
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Northwest- _______ grasslands & scattered plants that are _______________
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Steppe, drought resistant
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Humid- ________ swamps & tropical ____________, have about ______ species of trees
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Mangrove, rain forests, 2,500
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Wildlife- wild ______, bears, ______ & wolves found invalleys of ______ & Sichuan
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Horses, camels, Tibet
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Giant ______, Chinese alligator & _______; many antelope, pheasants, & ______
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Panda, paddlefish; carp
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