Major Rivers, Mountains, & Lakes
This river is the longest river in southern China, which stretches 2,214 km and is composed of three tributaries: Xi, Dong, and Bei.
What is the Zhujiang/Pearl River?
China shares this desert with Mongolia. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world and is located in Northern China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This mountain, summited by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924, poses hazardous conditions for any challenger wishing to climb the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
This set of ancient fortifications dates to the 7th century B.C. They were created as a defense against nomadic threats from the north.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This region is located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia. It is the world's highest and largest plateau, and is often referred to as the "roof of the world".
What is the Tibetan Plateau?
This mountain region, formerly known as the Nanshan mountains, marks the divide between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
What are the Qinling Mountains?
This region of China is notable for its arid climate and diverse population. Historically, it has been a security concern for the government due to the application of Sharia law.
What is the Northwestern/Xibei region?
These mountains, located in Hunan, were the inspiration behind the Hallelujah Mountains in the movie Avatar.
What are the Zhangjiajie mountains?
This city square, located in Beijing, was the site of a 1989 massacre that ended in a military crackdown due to international media coverage.
What is Tiananmen Square?
This modern-day special administrative region began as a colony sold to Portugal by the Ming Dynasty in 1557. This area is also known for its gambling industry, 7x greater than Las Vegas.
What is Macau?
These mountains separate Central and Southern China and are located in the Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan Provinces.
What are the Nanling Mountains?
This lowland region, located in Southwestern China, is sometimes referred to as the Red Basin. It is drained by the Yangtze River and anchored by Chengdu.
What is the Sichuan Basin?
This canyon, located over the Yangtze River near Lijiang, is known as one of the deepest canyons in the world.
What is Tiger Leaping Gorge?
These figures were found in the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, also known as Emperor Qin. They were made in copious amounts to protect Emperor Qin in the afterlife.
What are the Terracotta Warriors?
This lake is located in Dunhuang, next to Mingsha Mountain. Its appeal is its harmonious coexistence with the sand around it
What is the Crescent Lake?
This river flows for 3,101 km from China into Russia, where it is known as the Amur.
What is the Heilong/Black Dragon River?
This weather condition is the main cause of China's cold, dry winters.
What is the Siberian anticyclone?
This agricultural innovation is located in Zhejiang and spans its 700 layers over high mountains, hills, and valleys. This is the largest cultivation of rice in China.
What are the Yunhe Rice Terraces?
This temple is considered to be the most sacred temple of Taoism. It is believed that Laozi, the founder of Taoism, wrote the Tao Te Ching in this temple.
What is the Laojun Mountain Temple?
This summit is the peak of the Nanling Mountains at an altitude of 7,028ft.
What is Kitten/Mao’er Mountain?
This is the body of water the Yellow River empties into on the north coast of the Shandong province.
What is the Bohai Gulf?
This is a fault-bounded trough located south of Turpan in far Western China, and it is the hottest and driest region in all of China.
This forest is known for a vibrant green duckweed that blankets its waters.
What is the Qingshanhu water forest?
These steep limestone cliffs, located in Luoyang, are home to approximately 110,000 Buddhist stone statues and extend for almost a mile.
What are the Longmen Caves?
This geographic area is located south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and encompasses the city of Shanghai. This region is one of the wealthiest in China for its trade.
What is Jiangnan?