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Extravagant China Location: China is in the north eastern hemisphere. It's in the southeastern part of Asia. Most people are on the Eastern coast. China is 35 degrees north latitude and 103 degrees east longitude. Mongolia is north of China and Vietnam & Thailand is south. The East China Sea borders the east side while Tajikistan & Afghanistan borders the west side of China. Place: Physical Features: Himalayas and the Pearl River Human Features: Great Wall of China and Beijing

 Human E nvironment Interactions: Pollution, Population, and Farming Technology

Movement: China is the largest exporter in the world. They ship 17% of their goods to the United States because the U.S.A buys the most. In 2012 China and the U.S.A did $579 billion in private services and goods. China needs the U.S.A but they want to trade with different countries. The main  transportation is by airplane, bus, car, and ferry.

China ships a lot of things. Sometimes the country will send the materials and tells China how to make it. China makes a lot of stuff like computers, medical things, clothes, light bulbs, etc. China imports oils and fuels.

Region: In the Venn diagram below it shows the similarities and differences of China and the U.S.A.  media type="custom" key="27130380"

Cause and Effect: One effect is there is so much pollution because China is building so many factories and power plants. China needs the factories to keep up with demand of products. Many factories are powered by coal. But the problem is that coal smoke is black and dirty, which gets into the air. There are so many factories in China that the you could see black residue in the air from smoke. To see a video showing the terrible air quality click here.

Since there is so much pollution it is causing health problems to people who breath it in. Some health problems are heart disease, stroke, respiratory sickness, cancer, birth defects and premature death. In 2010 there were 620,000 premature deaths from pollution. 350,000-400,000 people die prematurely each year in China just from pollution. The population has dropped by 25 million since the pollution problem.

The pollution was so bad people had to wear face masks so they don't get sick.

The last effect is there is a one child and the large population is causing that. People can only have kid to keep down the population. There are acceptations to this like if you are in the rural area you can have a second only if your first child is a girl or if somebody is an urban couple and one person is a single child they can have a second child. 47% of people live in the rural area and 53% of people live in the urban area. Many people who live in the rural area move to the cities for jobs. That is why the urban population is growing. If you want to see a population clock click [|here].