Kuleli sonto sizokhuluma ngokuthile ngezwe lethu—-The People's Republic of China.

I-People's Republic of China itholakala engxenyeni esempumalanga yezwekazi lase-Asia, onqenqemeni olusentshonalanga yePacific. Yizwe elikhulu, elihlanganisa amakhilomitha-skwele ayizigidi ezingu-9.6. IShayina icishe iphindwe kashumi nesikhombisa kunobukhulu beFrance, isigidi-skwekhilomitha esi-1 incane kunawo wonke amazwe aseYurophu, futhi incane ngamakhilomitha-skwele angama-600,000 kune-Oceania(Australia, New Zealand, kanye neziqhingi eziseningizimu nemaphakathi nePacific). Indawo eyengeziwe engasogwini, okuhlanganisa amanzi ezindawo, izindawo zezomnotho ezikhethekile, kanye neshalofu lezwekazi, isamba esingaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele ayizigidi ezi-3, okwenza indawo yonke yaseShayina ibe cishe amakhilomitha-skwele ayizigidi eziyi-13.

Izintaba zase-Western China zase-Himalayan zivame ukubizwa ngokuthi uphahla lomhlaba. I-Mount Qomolangma (eyaziwa eNtshonalanga ngokuthi i-Mount Everest), engaphezu kwamamitha angu-8,800 ukuphakama, iyisiqongo esiphezulu sophahla. I-China isuka endaweni esentshonalanga ye-Pamir Plateau iye lapho ihlangana khona i-Heilongjiang ne-Wusuli Rivers, amakhilomitha angu-5,200 ukuya empumalanga.

Lapho izakhamuzi zasempumalanga yeShayina zibingelela ukusa, abantu basentshonalanga yeChina basabhekene nobumnyama obengeziwe amahora amane. Indawo esenyakatho impela eChina itholakala maphakathi nomfula iHeilongjiang, enyakatho yeMohe esifundazweni saseHeilongjiang.

Indawo eseningizimu impela itholakala eZengmu'ansha esiqhingini saseNansha, cishe amakhilomitha angama-5,500 ukusuka lapho. Lapho iNyakatho yeChina isabambelele ezweni elineqhwa neqhwa, izimbali seziqhakaza kakade eningizimu epholile. Ulwandle i-Bohai, i-Yellow Sea, i-East China Sea, kanye ne-South China Sea umngcele we-China ngasempumalanga naseningizimu, ndawonye akha indawo enkulu yasolwandle. Ulwandle Oluphuzi, Ulwandle lwase-East China, kanye ne-South China Sea zixhuma ngqo ne-Pacific Ocean, kanti uLwandle i-Bohai, oluhlangene phakathi "kwezingalo" ezimbili ze-Liaodong ne-Shandong peninsulas, lwakha ulwandle lwesiqhingi. Indawo yasolwandle yaseChina ihlanganisa iziqhingi ezingu-5,400, ezinendawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angama-80,000. Iziqhingi ezimbili ezinkulu, iTaiwan neHainan, zithatha amakhilomitha-skwele angama-36,000 kanye namakhilomitha-skwele angama-34,000 ngokulandelana.

Ukusuka eNyakatho kuya eningizimu, ulwandle lwaseShayina luhlanganisa i-Bohai, Taiwan, Bashi, ne-Qiongzhou Straits. I-China inamakhilomitha angama-20,000 omngcele womhlaba, kanye namakhilomitha ayi-18,000 ogwini. Uma usuka kunoma iyiphi indawo emngceleni waseShayina futhi ujikeleza ngokuphelele ubuyela endaweni yokuqala, ibanga elihanjiwe lingalingana nokuzungeza imbulunga enkabazwe.

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