Map of China (with mountains, plateaus, basins, terrain, national boundaries, provincial boundaries)

The map of China is as follows:

China's terrain is high in the west and low in the east, complex and varied, and the proportion of all kinds of terrain to the land area of the whole country is as follows: mountains 33.3%, plateaus 26%, basins 18.8%, plains 12%, hills 9.9%.

The terrain is tilted towards the sea, which on the one hand facilitates the penetration of humid air currents from the sea into the interior and the formation of precipitation; on the other hand, it makes many big rivers roll eastward, which bridges the east-west transportation and facilitates the economic connection between the coast and the interior.

Expanded Information

Division of Chinese Provinces

1. Rough Division

China's provincial division line was initially based on the mountains and rivers to make a rough division, and the Tang Dynasty divided the world into ten provinces based on the mountains and rivers.

Hebei Road and Henan Road division line is the Yellow River, because of the ancient car boat state horse inconvenience, so the ancient people also seldom traveled to distant places, the population mobility is particularly low. The low mobility of the population then gave rise to local cultures.

In order to avoid this contradiction, so it is roughly divided according to the mountains and rivers.

2. Fine division

The division of Shaanxi is the epitome of fine division. Shaanxi is divided into three components, namely: northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong and Hanzhong. Guanzhong was the capital of the feudal dynasty, as it was easy to defend, difficult to attack and self-sufficient.

But Guanzhong had one drawback: harassment from nomadic peoples in the north. To address the threat from the Loop, northern Shaanxi was incorporated into Shaanxi so that there was a buffer zone and a way to get west out of the Loop, through which Shanxi and other places could cope with Guanzhong.

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