HOW CAN WE
IDENTIFY THE MAJOR
PHYSICAL FEATURES
OF CHINA?
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You have 1 minute to write down every
physical feature you can in China.
GO!!
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Get your blank physical maps of China out.
We are going to label the following: Yangtze
River, Yellow River, Himalayas, Gobi Desert,
Taklamakan Desert, and the Plateau of Tibet.
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YANGTZE RIVER
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Yellow River
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PAIR SHARE
1’s- explain the location of the Yangtze River
to your partners, using the cardinal directions
and any major geographical feature of China
as their guide.
2’s- explain the location of the Yellow River to
your partners, using the cardinal directions
and any major geographical feature of China
as your guide.
HIMALAYAS
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PLATEAU OF TIBET
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PAIR SHARE
1’s- explain the location of the Himalayas to
your partners, using the cardinal directions
and any major geographical feature of China
as your guide
2’s- explain the location of the Plateau of
Tibet to your partners, using the cardinal
directions and any major geographical
feature of China as your guide
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Gobi Desert/ Taklamakan Desert
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1’s- explain the location of the Gobi Desert to
your partners, using the cardinal directions
and any major geographical feature of China
as your guide
2’s- explain the location of the Taklamakan
Desert to your partners, using the cardinal
directions and any major geographical
feature of China as your guide.
Summarizer:
Choose one of the features located during class
and write a letter to your teacher explaining
why it would be beneficial to take a field trip to
this particular place. Your letter must be at least
a paragraph long. You must explain the location
of the feature in relation to the other features
discussed in class.