1. largest country in asia
  2. Inner China (East)
  3. more ancient history
  4. 1. Outer China (West)
  5. Himalayan Boundary
  6. Tibet-Qinghai Plateau
    1. tall mountains
      1. Mount Everest
    2. very cold
      1. thin & dry air
        1. Difficult to live
    3. too cold & dry
      1. farming difficult
    4. people
      1. raised stock
        1. Yaks
          1. meat
          2. milk
          3. Wool
          4. clothing
  7. Turfan Depression
  8. North East Plain
    1. Called: Inner Mongolia/Manchuria
    2. too cold & dry
      1. farming difficult
  9. Land of
    1. hills
    2. river valleys
      1. Enrich Soil
      2. Water for irrigation
    3. plains
    4. attractive to settlers
      1. Crops
        1. rice, wheat, millet
      2. Cattle
        1. oxen, pigs, sheep, chicken
  10. North China Plain
    1. Drier and Cooler
    2. Land of Yellow Earth
      1. Silt from Gobi Desert
    3. Yellow River
      1. Called: Huang He
      2. Very Muddy
      3. Water for Farming
        1. People Settled here
        2. Wet & Fertile lands
      4. caused Flooding
        1. caused Damage
          1. Loss of life
  11. Chiang Jiang Basins
    1. Warm and wet
      1. growing rice
      2. thick rain forest
      3. heavy rains
        1. farming difficult
    2. hundreds of tributaries
      1. Tributary
        1. Stream feeding river
  12. Takliman Desert
    1. Dangerous
  13. Gobi Desert
    1. World's Largest Desert
  14. Oasis
    1. water near desert
  15. Great Wall of China
    1. for protection
      1. against Invasion