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cHina - a neiGHBourinG
Lesson 5 Unit 5
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Objectives:
On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Talk in brief about china.
• State the main feature of China.
The People’s Republic of China is our neighbouring country. We share our
northern border with Tibet, the autonomous region of China. China is
situated in the eastern part of Asia. It is a very large and powerful country.
We have had friendly relations with China since ancient times.
Shape and size
China is roughly crescent
(half-moon) shaped. Its
area is 95,96,961 sq km. It is
about 63 times bigger than
Nepal. Its population is about
1,200,000,000. China is the
most populated country in the
world.
Physical features
Such as Nepal, China is divided Physical map of China
into three geographical regions
according to the nature of the land. These are:
- the eastern plains,
- the north-western plateau and
- the south-western plateau.
On the eastern side are plain land with fertile soil and river system. On
the western side are plateau regions bounded by the Himalayas. The
northern plateau regions have a desert called the Gobi Desert. The
southern plateau regions have snow-covered areas. Tibet is the highest
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