China Geography and Climate Facts @ The China Perspective

The China Perspective

Land area

Sq km

XinJiang 1,663,400

Tibet 1,228,400

Inner Mongolia 1,180,000

Qinghai 721,200

Sichuan 485,000

Gansu 455,500

Heilongjiang 454,000

Yunnan 394,000

Guangxi 236,700

Hunan 211,800

Shaanxi 205,800

Hebei 190,000

Jilin 187,400

Hubei 185,900

Guangdong 178,000

Guizhou 170,000

Henan 167,000

Jiangxi 166,900

Shandong 156,700

Shanxi 156,000

Liaoning 145,900

Anhui 139,600

Fujian 121,400

Jiangsu 102,600

Zhejiang 101,800

Chongqing 82,400

Ningxia 51,800

Hainan 33,900

Beijing 16,808

Tianjin 11,305

Shanghai 6,340

Tofal 9,607,553

Source: National Bureau of Statistics, MOFCOM, http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/ProvinceView/156637.htm

China is the world’s fourth-largest country after Russia, Canada and the US.

Source: CIA Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html

The Xingjiang Uighur Autonomous Region occupies one-sixth of China’s landmass.

Source: John Gittings, The Changing Face of China, 2005

Coastline

Km

Length 18400

Borders Bohai Bay, Beibu Bay, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, South China Sea

Source: http://www.fao.org/docrep.field/003/AB735E/AB735E02.htm

Borders

Km

Mongolia 4,677

Russia 3,645

India 3,380

Burma 2,185

Kazakhstan 1,533

North Korea 1,416

Vietnam 1,281

Nepal 1,236

Kyrgyzstan 858

Pakistan 523

Bhutan 470

Laos 423

Tajikistan 414

Afghanistan 76

Total 22,117

Source:CIA Factbook

Xinjiang has 5,500 kilometers of international borders.

Source: John Gittings, The Changing Face of China, 2005

Xinjiang shares its borders with eight different countries.

Source: John Gittings, The Changing Face of China, 2005

Highest mountains

m

1 Everest 8,848

2 K2 (Godwin Austen) 8,611

3 Lhotse 8,516

4 Makalu 8,463

5 Cho Oyu 8,201

6 Gasherbrum I 8,068

7 Broad Peak 8,047

8 Xixabangma 8,046

9 Gasherburm II 8,035

10 Namcha Barwa 7,782

Source: Pocket World in Figures, www.peaklist.org
Highest &lowest

m

Lowest point Turphan Pendi -154

Highest point The Himalaya 8,844

Source: CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.himl#Geo

Average temperatures for major cities*

Degress Ceisius

Avg high

Avg low

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Beijing -4.6 -2.5 4.5 13.1 19.8 24.0 25.8 24.4 19.4 12.4 4.1 -2.7

-9.9 -7.4 -1.0 6.6 12.7 17.9 21.5 20.2 13.8 6.9 -0.6 -7.3

Tianjin -4.0 -1.6 5.0 13.2 20.0 24.1 26.4 25.5 20.8 13.6 5.2 -1.6

-8.2 -5.7 0.5 8.0 14.4 19.4 22.8 22.0 16.5 9.3 1.4 -5.2

Shanghai 3.5 4.6 8.3 14.0 18.8 23.3 27.8 27.7 23.6 18.0 12.3 6.2

0.3 1.4 4.9 10.4 15.3 20.1 24.7 24.7 20.5 14.3 8.6 2.7

Harbin -19.4 -15.4 --4.8 6.0 14.3 20.0 22.8 21.1 14.4 5.6 -5.7 -15.6

-24.8 -21.5 -10.9 -0.3 7.4 14.1 18.1 16.2 8.9 0.3 -10.5 -20.5

Shenyang -12.0 -8.4 0.1 9.3 16.9 21.5 24.6 23.5 17.2 9.4 0.0 -8.5

-17.3 -13.8 -5.0 3.2 10.6 16.3 20.5 19.2 11.8 4.0 -4.6 -13.3

Dalian -4.9 -3.4 2.1 9.1 18.5 19.4 23.0 20.9 20.6 13.6 5.8 -1.3

-8.2 -6.5 -1.0 5.7 11.9 16.4 20.7 21.4 16.8 10.2 2.4 -4.7

Urumqi -8.2 -6.5 -1.0 5.7 11.9 16.4 20.7 21.4 16.8 10.2 2.4 -4.7

-15.2 -13.5 -6.5 1.6 7.7 12.2 14.1 12.6 7.0 -0.1 -7.2 -12.6

Qingdao -1.2 0.1 4.5 10.2 15.7 20.0 23.9 25.1 21.4 15.9 8.8 2.0

-4.1 -2.8 1.6 7.2 12.6 17.5 21.8 22.7 18.3 12.7 5.7 -0.9

Nanjing 2.0 3.8 8.4 14.8 19.9 24.5 28.0 27.8 22.7 16.9 10.2 4.4

-1.6 0.1 4.4 10.4 15.6 20.5 24.1 24.3 19.1 12.5 6.3 0.4

Hefei 2.1 4.2 9.3 15.5 20.6 25.0 28.3 28.1 22.9 17.0 10.6 4.6

-1.2 0.6 5.5 11.5 16.6 21.3 24.9 24.4 19.3 12.9 6.6 1.0

Hangzhou 3.8 5.1 9.3 15.4 20.2 24.3 28.6 28.0 23.3 17.7 12.1 6.3

0.7 1.9 5.9 11.6 16.6 21.0 25.0 24.6 20.3 14.0 8.4 2.9

Nanchang 5.0 6.4 10.9 17.1 21.8 25.7 29.6 29.2 24.8 19.1 13.1 7.5

2.0 3.6 7.9 14.0 18.9 22.8 26.0 25.7 21.6 15.7 9.8 4.3

Fuzhou 10.5 10.7 13.4 18.2 22.1 25.5 28.8 28.8 26.0 21.7 17.5 13.1

7.0 7.8 10.3 14.9 19.1 22.6 25.2 24.8 23.0 18.7 14.6 10.0

Xiamen 12.6 12.6 15.0 19.1 23.1 26.1 28.4 28.2 27.0 23.3 19.4 15.2

9.9 10.1 12.3 16.5 20.6 23.7 25.6 25.4 24.2 20.5 16.5 12.3

Guangzhou 13.3 14.4 17.9 21.9 25.6 27.2 28.4 28.1 26.9 23.7 19.4 15.2

9.7 11.2 15.0 19.0 22.8 24.4 25.2 25.0 23.8 20.1 15.5 11.3

Haikou 17.2 18.2 21.6 24.9 27.4 28.1 28.4 27.7 26.8 24.8 21.8 18.7

14.6 15.6 18.8 21.9 24.2 25.1 25.1 24.8 24.2 22.1 19.2 16.1

Nanning 12.8 14.1 17.6 22.0 26.0 27.4 28.3 27.8 26.6 23.3 18.6 14.7

9.6 11.2 14.8 19.0 22.7 24.4 25.1 24.7 23.3 19.5 14.8 11.0

Guilin 7.9 9.1 13.2 18.4 23.0 26.2 28.3 27.7 25.6 20.7 15.1 10.2

5.0 6.5 10.5 15.5 20.1 23.3 25.0 24.3 22.0 17.1 11.8 7.0

Chengdu 5.5 7.5 12.1 17.0 20.9 23.7 25.6 25.1 21.2 16.8 11.9 7.3

2.4 4.4 8.6 13.1 17.3 20.3 22.3 21.7 18.5 14.3 9.3 4.5

Chongqing 7.5 9.5 14.1 18.8 22.1 25.2 28.6 28.5 23.8 18.6 13.9 9.5

5.4 7.1 11.1 15.3 18.8 21.8 24.7 24.5 20.8 16.3 11.9 7.6

Kunming 7.7 9.6 13.0 16.5 19.1 19.5 19.8 19.1 17.5 14.9 11.3 8.2

1.4 2.9 5.7 9.2 13.8 16.1 16.8 15.9 14.1 11.3 6.6 7.9

Lhasa -2.3 1.1 4.5 8.3 12.3 15.4 15.1 14.3 12.7 8.2 2.3 -1.7

-10.2 -6.9 -3.2 0.9 5.1 9.2 9.9 9.4 7.6 1.4 -5.0 -9.1

Dunhuang -9.3 -4.1 4.5 12.4 18.3 22.7 24.7 23.5 17.0 8.7 0.2 -7.0

-15.6 -11.3 -3.4 3.9 9.3 13.5 16.1 14.8 8.2 0.4 -6.0 -12.9

Xi’an -1.0 2.1 8.1 14.1 19.1 25.2 26.6 25.5 19.4 13.7 6.6 0.7

-5.0 -2.1 3.1 8.5 13.2 18.6 21.7 20.8 15.2 9.3 2.3 -3.1

Huhot -13.1 -9.0 -0.3 7.9 15.3 20.1 21.9 20.1 13.8 6.5 2.7 -11.0

-18.9 -15.4 -6.3 0.5 7.1 12.2 15.5 14.1 7.1 0.4 7.8 -16.4

Lanzhou -6.9 -2.3 5.2 11.8 16.6 20.3 22.2 21.0 15.8 9.4 1.7 -5.5

-12.6 -8.0 -0.8 5.3 10.2 13.6 16.3 15.3 10.7 4.1 -3.1 -10.4

Jinan 1.4 1.1 7.6 15.2 21.8 26.3 27.4 26.2 21.7 15.8 7.9 1.1

-5.4 -3.1 2.8 10.0 16.4 21.0 23.2 22.3 17.1 11.1 3.8 -2.8

Wuhan 3.0 5.0 10.0 16.1 21.3 25.7 28.8 28.2 23.3 17.5 11.1 5.4

-0.9 1.3 6.2 12.1 17.5 22.0 25.4 24.7 19.5 13.3 7.1 1.4

Longest rivers

Km

1 Yangtze River 6,300

2 Yellow River 5,464

3 Songhua River 2,308

4 Pearl River 2,214

5 Liao River 1,390

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Arable Iand area

Million sq km

1980 1.36

1996 1.30

2005 1.22

Source: National Bureau of Statics

Forest land area

Million sq km

1996 1.29

1999 1.34

2002 1.56

2005 1.75

Source: National Bureau of Statics

Hottest & coldest

Degrees Ceisius

Hottest Turphan Pendi 47.0

Coldest Mohe , Heilongjiang -52.3

Source: http://tongcheng.hbnw.gov.cn/Article_show2.asp?ArticleID=796

Wettest & driest

Annual rainfall mm

Wettest Huoshaoliao , Taiwan 1,672.0

Driest Turphan Pendi 6.3

Source:www.gmc.gov.cn/qxyjk/woguoqihouzhizui.htm

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