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China has a long coastline along the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China Seas. It borders 14 other countries and has diverse landscapes, ranging from the highest peak of Mount Everest to flat coastal areas with many ports. China has established over 1,500 nature reserves since 1956 to protect 14.4% of its land.

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Chinese Landscape

China has a long coastline along the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China Seas. It borders 14 other countries and has diverse landscapes, ranging from the highest peak of Mount Everest to flat coastal areas with many ports. China has established over 1,500 nature reserves since 1956 to protect 14.4% of its land.

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Chinese Landscape

China touches fourteen other countries.


Chinas highest peak is Mount Everest, also
known as the tallest peak in the world.
Chinas
mainland
coastline
measures
approximately 1,800 km with a flat
topography, and many excellent docks and
harbors, most of which are ice-free all year
round. The Chinese mainland is flanked to the
east and south by the Bohai, Yellow, East
China and South china seas, with a total
maritime area of 4.73 million square km.
Chinas first nature reserve was the Dinghu
Mountain
Nature
Reserve
in
zhaoqin,
Guangdong Province established in1956. By
the end of2003, some 1551 nature reserves of
various kinds have been set up throughout
the country covering a total area of 144.72
million hectares, and 14.4 percent of the total
land territory.
www.gac-china.com/chinaFacts/theland/thelandhtml

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