GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

YELLOW SEA

• Southeast from China.
• Gets it's name because it appears to be a yellowish color.
• Gets it's yellow color from minerals carried by the river.
• Another name for its river is "China's Sorrows."

THE XI JIANG RIVER

• Also called the west river.
• Runs it's course south of China.
• Joins with the pearl river to flow into the South China Sea.
• Joins with three other rivers to form a estuary.

THE GOBI DESERT

• One of the largest deserts in the world.
• Stretches from northwest china into Mongolia.
• Covers more than 500,000 square miles.
• Larger than Texas and California combined.

THE KUNLUN MTS.

• Located west of China
• Source of two of China's greatest rivers.
• Source of the Chang Jiang river.
• Source of the Huang He river.

KOREA STRAIT

• A waterway between southern South Korea and southwestern Japan.
• Connects the Sea of Japan with the East China Sea.
• East from the Yellow Sea
• Lies south of Korea.

HONSHU

• Largest island of japan.
• Most of Japan's industry is manufactured here.
• Tokyo is it's anchor.
• Most of Japan's population resides here.