Honors Geography- Chapter 27 Vocab

Kunlun Mountains

Mountains located in the west of China that are the source of two of China's great rivers, the Huang He (Yellow) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze)

Qinling Shandi Mountains

Mountains in southeastern and east central China; they divide the northern part of China from the southern part

Huang He

A river in northern China, also called the Yellow River, that starts in the Kunlun Mountains and winds east for about 3,000 miles, emptying into the Yellow Sea

Chang Jiang

(Yangtze River) The longest river in Asia, flowing about 3,900 miles from Xizang (Tibet) to the East China Sea

Xi Jang

Also called the West River; the river that flows eastward through southeast China and joins the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) to flow into the South China Sea, forming an estuary between Hong Kong and Macao

Typhoon

A tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific

Taklimakan Desert

A desert located in western China between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains

Gobi Desert

A desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia, and a prime area for finding dinosaur fossils

Three Gorges Dam

a dam begun in the late 20th century on the Chang Jiang in China, to help control flooding, generate power, and allow ships to sail farther into China

PCBs

An industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful effects and birth defects; PCBs were banned in the United States in 1977

Landfill

A method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt in order to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground