World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

111

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400
0 miles
400

SOUTH & EAST ASIA

E

D

B

A

C

134

118

121

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Tropic of Cancer

Yellow

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South China

Sea

PACIFIC

OCEAN

Cheju-do

Hainan Dao

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(Tibet)
GUANGXIZHUANGZUZIZHIQU
YUNNAN
SICHUAN
GUIZHOU
GUANGDONG
HAINAN
FUJIAN
JIANGXI
HUNAN
SHAANXI
HENANHUBEI
ZHEJIANG
ANHUI
JIANGSU
GANSU
CHONGQING
Spratly Islands
(disputed by China,
Malaysia, Philippines,Taiwan and Vietnam)
ParacelIslands(disputed by China,Taiwan and Vietnam)
(China and Taiwanclaim all of eachother's territory)

THAILAND

LAOS

JAPAN

MYAN

MA

R

(BURM

A)

V

IE

T

N

AM

CAMBODIA

PHILIPPINES

CHINA

TAIWAN

H

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duan

Shan

Wulian

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a

n

Sichuan

Pendi

L

u

z

o

n

S

t

r

a

i

t

MianyangLeshan

Zigong

Guiyang

Hanzhong

Lichuan

Liuzhou

Luoyang

Hengyang

Yueyang

Kaifeng Dongguan

Shantou

Macao(Aomen)

Huainan Fuzhou

Xuzhou

Jingdezhen

Bengbu Shangrao

Xiamen

Nanjing

Jinhua

T’ainan

Kaohsiung

Wuxi

Wenzhou

T’aichung

Jiaxing

Ningbo

NANNING

GUANGZHOU

KUNMING

CHENGDU

CHONGQING

XI’AN

CHANGSHA

ZHENGZHOU

WUHAN

NANCHANG

HEFEI

FUZHOU

SHANGHAI

HANGZHOU

HONG KONG(Xianggang)

TAIPEI

Li is the family namefor over 87 millionpeople in China. By far the biggest tidal bore in the world occurson the Qiantang River in China. At spring tidesthe wave attains a height of up to 30 ft (9 m)and a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h).

The Giant Bamboo is thefastest growing plant inthe world, able to grow atthe rate of 3 ft (90 cm) a day.