China+Soobin&+Sejin

=__**Soobin and Sejin's Google Earth:**__=

//-Read following articles and put place marks on Google Earth map when you encounter a noteworthy landmark in your reading//
 * China**

-two climates: semidesert/desert (north west) and humid rainfall (south southeast) -monsoon (where summer rain comes from) -extreme droughts and floods -desertification -China much of east Asia Zhu Jiang Delta( prawns, crabs, etc.)
 * 1.landforms and climates**

-top three producers of energy in world -largest consumers -producer of coal (richest coal found in north, Shaanxi and Shanxi ) -85% oil (onshore in northeast) -renewable resources (solar, hydroelectric, wind) -gold (Shandong Province, coastal region in east) -Lead, ZInc (inner Mongolia & Manganese, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan) -Phosphate Rock ( Guizhou, Hubei, Yunnan, Sochuan) -Salt (Bohai region, lakes in Inner Mongolia, central and northwestern China)
 * 2. Natural Resources and Agriculture**

-crop cultivation --> rice(south), wheat(northern), potatoes, corn, peanuts, ' millet, rapeseed, cotton(north, southeast), soybeans(north, northeast), tea(southeast, hilly regions), fruits (Hainan Island, southern coast) -Cattle, livestock(inland provinces) - eggs and pork

-factories and power plants (eastern china, near beijing, and perl river delta of Guangdong Province, north of Hong Kong) -Guangong Province manufacture workforce of 18 million-- (4million more than China) -growth of industry powered by coal Clothing, footwear, fabric, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, fertilizer, minerals, toys, textiles.
 * 3. Industry (include location)**

-desert -14% forest cover -river (Yangtze) - largest forest mixed with conifer forest (Inner Mongolia) -Lowland rainforest, monsoon ( southwestern Sichuan and Yunnan) -rapid increase of desert -->yellow dust -rampant pollution (acid rain) China's coal fired power plant -pandas endangered
 * 4.Environment**

-1.3 billion -Beijing (capital) -Shanghi
 * 5. Facts and Figures: major cities, signify population density**

-Manchu -Mongols -Tatars -Tibetans -Han
 * 6.Ethnic makeup**