Chinese Geography

3. River/ It flows through Central Asia, being a major transportation route.
4. River/ Also known as the Huang He River or the River of Sorrows.
7. Tianshan Forest/ Its name is Chinese for “Celestial Mountains.”
8. The highest mountain chain located in South Asia.
10. Desert/ The location of several significant cities and the Silk Road.
11. Islands/ One of the four holy lands of Chinese Buddhism and the first Buddhist temple was built there.
13. River/ Part of the Xijiang River system in the Pearl River Basin, passing through the Karst Mountains.
14. Everest/ The highest mountain in the Himalayan mountain chain.
15. River/ Forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China, and is the world’s tenth longest river.
16. China Plain/ It is the largest alluvial plain of China.
17. Plateau/ The world's highest piece of elevated land called the “Roof of the World.”
18. River/ Desert region of Central Asia between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains.

1. Guilin Hills of China/Rock formations made out of limestone along the Li River.
2. Desert/ This is the world’s second largest shifting sand desert and is called the Sea of Death.
5. Lake/ Another name for this is the Ch'inghai Lake, which is the largest lake in China.
6. Yellow fertile soil created from a natural disaster.
9. Sea/ The name is given from the color of the particles of sand from the Gobi Desert.
10. Desert/ Second largest desert in the world after the Taklamakan Desert.
12. Mountains/ In Chinese tales, it is the origin of the Chinese civilization.
17. Basin/ China’s largest inland basin located south of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between Mountains.