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fiogf49gjkf0d CHINA IS THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, COVERING
9,561,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS. IT HAS THREE MAIN TOPOGRAPHIC
AREAS. TO THE SOUTHEAST YOU WILL FIND THE TIBETAN PLATEAU,
WHICH AVERAGES OVER 4,060M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHILE THE
NORTHWEST ALSO TENDS TO BE A HIGHLAND REGION, MARKED WITH
WIDE BASIN AREAS. MUCH OF NORTHERN CHINA LIES IN THE MAIN
EARTHQUAKE ZONE. THE HEART OF THE LOWLANDS IS FOUND IN THE
EAST WITH AN OCCASIONAL MOUNTAIN HERE AND THERE. THE MOST
VARIED TOPOGRAPHY LIES TO THE WEST WITH HIGHLANDS, LOWLANDS
AND VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. MOUNT EVEREST THE WORLDS
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IS SITUATED ON THE CHINA-NEPAL BORDER.
THE TARMIN RIVER CULMINATING IN THE LAKE LOP NOR TO THE EAST
OF THE TARMIN BASIN IS THE ONLY MAJOR RIVER. THE EASTERN AREA
IS DIVIDED INTO TWO BY THE YANGTZE AND THE HUANG HO RIVERS.
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