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China CIA Map |
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| Location |
Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam |
| Grography |
world's fourth largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US); Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the world's tallest peak |
| Coordinates |
35 00 N, 105 00 E |
| Area |
total: 9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 270,550 sq km |
| Terrain |
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
| Natural Hazards |
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
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Source: CIA World Factbook
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Source: CIA World Factbook |
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