中国地理介绍(英语版).ppt

General View of the Geographical Environment China, our motherland, is located in the East Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. As we know, the land area of the country is 9.6 million square kilometers, but it is 10.45 million square kilometers including all the land, seas and islands (1986). It is the third largest country in the world, and the largest in Asia. A Brief Introduction to China --Geography Mount Everest 中国全景 中国的全称是中华人民共和国，首都在北京，陆地总面积为960万平方公里，是世界上面积最大的国家之一。 The People’s Republic of China is the full official name of China, whose capital is Beijing. It has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers and it is one of the largest countries in land size in the whole world. Panoramic View 中国位于亚洲东部、太平洋的西岸，陆地边界长达2万余千米，东邻朝鲜，北邻蒙古人民共和国，东北和西北与俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦接壤，西和西南邻阿富汗、巴基斯坦、印度、尼泊尔、锡金和不丹，南邻缅甸、老挝和越南。 China is located in East Asia, on the western shores of the Pacific Ocean. It has a continental land boundary of more than 20,000 kilometers and adjoins Korea in the east, the People’s Republic of Mongolia in the north, Russia and Kazakhstan in the northeast and northwest, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan in the west and southwest and Burma, Laos and Vietnam in the south. 大陆海岸线长达18000余千米，隔着大海，跟日本、菲律宾、马来西亚、印度尼西亚以及文莱等国家和地区遥遥向望。 The continental coastline is more than 18,000 kilometers long and looks across the seas towards Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. 中国西部有世界上最高的山脉和高原，丘陵、山脉和高原占国土面积的66%以上。 Over 66% of China is upland hill, mountains and plateaus while the highest mountains and plateaus are found to the west. 青藏高原是世界上最高最大的高原，素有世界屋脊之称。喜马拉雅山脉的珠穆朗玛峰位于中国和尼泊尔边界，海拔8848.13米，是世界上最高的山峰。 The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the highest and largest plateau which is commonly know as the “roof of the world”. Qomolangma in the Himalayas Mountains is located on the border between China and Nepal, being the world’s highest peak, having an elevation of 8848.13 meters. 中国目前的主要行政划分包括4个直辖市、23个省、5个自治区，香港和澳门被划为特别行政区。 The main adm