PPT-China 1. Huang He River AKA- Yellow River

Gets its name from the rich yellow silt that it carries from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean Flooded the land creating rich silt for farming However flooding also destroyed many houses and many people drowned. Geography of Indus River Valley. Located on a . subcontinent. – land mass that is apart from the rest of the continent. Physical Features- . Mountain Ranges, valleys and planes that hold 2 rivers- Ganges and Indus . e,f. ). The Great Wall was built for China’s protection.. http://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4nXADdPPY. . Essential Understanding. Classical China was centered . on the . Huang He (Yellow . River) and . th. . Take out a brand new . bellringer. paper. Look at the following facts to the right and decide if it is describing China or Japan. If you don’t know, then guess! There are no wrong answers for these.. Eastern Asia’s. Geography. Ganges River. The Ganges River starts in the Himalayas and flows southeast through India and Bangladesh and empties in the Indian Ocean.. It is the most important river to India.. 7. th. grade social Studies. SS7G9. SS7G9:. The student will locate selected features in Southern and Eastern Asia. SS7G9a. SS7G9a:. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Ganges river, Huang He (Yellow) River, Indus River, Mekong River, Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Himalayan Mountains, Korean Peninsula. .. CHINA’S MAJOR CITIES AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ANCIENT CHINA. China’s geography shaped where people settled in prehistory. The country is framed by mountains to the south, deserts to the west and north and two major river valleys in the centre, extending to the east coast. As was the case elsewhere in the world, river valleys provided the best opportunities for hunter gatherers to develop agriculture, farming and settled life.. The Xia, Shang Dynasties. Geography of China. Isolated. Natural barriers . Himalayas . Gobi Desert. Pacific Ocean. Mostly covered by mountains. Rivers: Huang He (Yellow River) and Yangtze River. Facilitate the east-west movement for trade, travel etc.. Chapter 19. Notebooks Entries Are:. In pencil or pen. Labeled with the date. Labeled . with a proper title. Written very neatly. Clearly legible. Followed by a horizontal line to separate entries on a single page. The Geography of China. Barriers Isolate China. Ocean, mountains, deserts isolate China from other areas. River Systems. Huang He. (“Yellow River”) in north. , Yangtze . in south. Huang He leaves . San Francisco invented the “. F. ortune Cookie”. 10 million people in China live on less than a US $1 per . day.. 2013 population 1.36 billion- 20% of world’s population. . In Livingston County the cow to human ratio is 18:1.. 4 Regions!. City-States in Mesopotamia. Egypt & Nile River. Indus Valley. China. Common Characteristics ??. Water!!. Deserts of river cultures short on resources. River Valley Civilizations. Opportunity to adapt environment. I can describe the geographical features of China and explain how these features shaped the lives of people living in ancient China.. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. What are some of the physical features you notice on this map? What effects do you think these physical features would have had on the people and China’s early development?. The Mighty Rivers. Rivers helped shape civilization. North – Huang He River. South – Chang Jiang River. Huang He snow-fed from high plateau. . flows east 2900 miles. . as flows across desert, cuts thru yellow silt deposits (loess). Ying-. En. Ge, PhD. Dean & Professor. College of Transport and Communications. Shanghai Maritime University. Email: . yege@shmtu.edu.cn. Phone: +21 3828 2301. Outline. Introduction. The planned and (or) ongoing tasks.