Geography

• China is the most populated and third largest country in the world
• Climate ranges from tropical to subtropical
• In the west there are deserts and high mountains (Himalayas)
• The center has huge river basins
  
• In the east there are plains, deltas, and hills
• Area: 3,708,408 mi2, elevation highest: 29,035 ft, lowest: tarpon depression 505 ft under sea level
• Northern/Western has long bitter winters, Central/southern has mild warm winters
• Rainfall is light in the northwest and heavy in the southeast