Ch: 27- China, Mongolia & Taiwan

Ch 27 of world geo at Dominican.

26 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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