The+Tang+Dynasty's+Climate+and+Geographic+Factors

< Back __Climate and Geographic Factors__ - The Decline of  The Tang Dynasty  

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 - lies under influence of monsoon -Monsoon (In Winter): .......... - blows from the  Mongolia Plateau and Siberia into China .......... - September-April .......... - as it goes southward it decreases in force .......... - causes winter to be cold and dry .......... - causes a temperature difference between the north and south of 40 degree centigrade

-Monsoon (In Summer): .......... -blows into China from the ocean <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -brings wet and warm currents = Rain <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -large differences in climate from region to region (due to complex topography) <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -annual precipitation varies vastly from region to region; higher along southeastern coast, decreasing landward <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> - mainly in northern temperate zone - winter temperature= 5-18 degree centigrade lower than that in other countries on same latitude

(Source: http://www2.sis.gov.eg/VR/china/html/erealinfo.htm) (Picture: http://www.chinahighlights.com/map/ancient-china-map/tang-dynasty-map.htm)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> __ Topography- __ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- broad area -descends from east to west - East= lowland; 20% of the total territory -Rivers= 85% of the total territory -Main Lowlands/ Rivers: <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the Manchurian (Dongbei) Plain <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the North China Plain <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the delta of the Pearl (Zhu) River <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- the Yangtze (central) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- the Huang He (Yellow river, north-central) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- the Amur (northeast) -most rivers empty into the Pacific Ocean

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> - West= mountains and plateaus; 65% of the total territory - West of lowlands, topography rises to plateaus of 1,200–1,500 m: <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the Shanxi plateaus <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the Shaanxi plateaus (in central China) <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.......... -the Mongolian Plateau (in the north) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

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(source:http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/China-TOPOGRAPHY.html)

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