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40 sandboxes · China province-level 34 · countries 1 · river basins 1 · teaching 4
40 sandboxes
Municipality110000Beijing
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 11 – 2,181 m
- Area
- 16.4K km²
- Population
- 21.9M
Municipality120000Tianjin
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -51 – 898 m
- Area
- 12K km²
- Population
- 13.9M
Province130000Hebei
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -40 – 2,528 m
- Area
- 188.8K km²
- Population
- 74.6M
Province140000Shanxi
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 238 – 2,813 m
- Area
- 156.7K km²
- Population
- 34.9M
Autonomous region150000Inner Mongolia
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 94 – 2,684 m
- Area
- 1.2M km²
- Population
- 24M
Province210000Liaoning
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -105 – 1,139 m
- Area
- 148K km²
- Population
- 42.6M
Province220000Jilin
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 9 – 2,440 m
- Area
- 187.4K km²
- Population
- 24.1M
Province230000Heilongjiang
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 31 – 1,367 m
- Area
- 473K km²
- Population
- 31.9M
Municipality310000Shanghai
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -26 – 45 m
- Area
- 6.3K km²
- Population
- 24.9M
Province320000Jiangsu
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -59 – 378 m
- Area
- 107.2K km²
- Population
- 84.7M
Province330000Zhejiang
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -91 – 1,779 m
- Area
- 105.5K km²
- Population
- 64.6M
Province340000Anhui
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -9 – 1,607 m
- Area
- 140.1K km²
- Population
- 61M
Province350000Fujian
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -23 – 1,967 m
- Area
- 124K km²
- Population
- 41.5M
Province360000Jiangxi
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -37 – 1,943 m
- Area
- 166.9K km²
- Population
- 45.2M
Province370000Shandong
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -45 – 1,299 m
- Area
- 155.8K km²
- Population
- 101.5M
Province410000Henan
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- 26 – 2,111 m
- Area
- 167K km²
- Population
- 99.4M
Province420000Hubei
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 3 – 2,931 m
- Area
- 185.9K km²
- Population
- 57.8M
Province430000Hunan
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 19 – 1,851 m
- Area
- 211.8K km²
- Population
- 66.4M
Province440000Guangdong
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -330 – 1,587 m
- Area
- 179.7K km²
- Population
- 126M
Autonomous region450000Guangxi
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -6 – 1,830 m
- Area
- 237.6K km²
- Population
- 50.1M
Province460000Hainan
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -3,975 – 1,257 m
- Area
- 35.4K km²
- Population
- 10.1M
Municipality500000Chongqing
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- 66 – 2,580 m
- Area
- 82.4K km²
- Population
- 32.1M
Province510000Sichuan
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 234 – 6,000 m
- Area
- 486K km²
- Population
- 83.7M
Province520000Guizhou
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 221 – 2,741 m
- Area
- 176K km²
- Population
- 38.6M
Province530000Yunnan
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 129 – 5,791 m
- Area
- 394K km²
- Population
- 47.2M
Autonomous region540000Tibet
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 102 – 7,299 m
- Area
- 1.2M km²
- Population
- 3.6M
Province610000Shaanxi
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 247 – 3,448 m
- Area
- 205.6K km²
- Population
- 39.5M
Province620000Gansu
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 772 – 5,361 m
- Area
- 425.8K km²
- Population
- 25M
Province630000Qinghai
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 1,746 – 6,174 m
- Area
- 722.3K km²
- Population
- 5.9M
Autonomous region640000Ningxia
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- 1,088 – 3,072 m
- Area
- 66.4K km²
- Population
- 7.2M
Autonomous region650000Xinjiang
Mostly mountains
- Elevation
- -154 – 6,761 m
- Area
- 1.7M km²
- Population
- 25.9M
Province710000Taiwan Province, China
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -344 – 3,680 m
- Area
- 36.2K km²
- Population
- 23.6M
Special administrative region810000Hong Kong SAR, China
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -540 – 910 m
- Area
- 1.1K km²
- Population
- 7.4M
Special administrative region820000Macao SAR, China
Mostly lowland
- Elevation
- -61 – 139 m
- Area
- 33 km²
- Population
- 683.2K
CountryMMRMyanmar
Mostly hills
- Elevation
- -5 – 4,746 m
- Area
- 676.6K km²
- Population
- 54M
River basinsYZYangtze River Basin
The whole Yangtze basin from the Tanggula headwaters to the estuary: SRTM 30 m terrain, HydroBASINS sub-basins, the main stem and major tributaries, lakes and riverside cities.
- Elevation
- -1 – 6,040 m
- Area
- 1.8M km²
- Relief
- 6,041 m
LandformsTC-02Plateau and its escarpment (schematic)
The western half is a flat plateau top (~3600 m); it drops abruptly eastward to a piedmont plain, with a river valley deeply incised across the escarpment.
- Elevation
- 247 – 3,802 m
- Relief
- 3,555 m
- Zones
- 3 zones
Water cycleTC-01Water cycle (schematic)
West to east: mountains → hills → coastal plain → ocean. See how evaporation, vapour transport, precipitation, runoff and infiltration close the sea–land cycle.
- Elevation
- -1,453 – 3,997 m
- Relief
- 5,450 m
- Zones
- 4 zones
VegetationTC-03Altitudinal vegetation zones (schematic)
A 5200 m massif: five altitudinal zones from foothill rainforest to summit snow, whose boundaries are true elevation contours.
- Elevation
- 211 – 5,176 m
- Relief
- 4,965 m
- Zones
- 5 zones
GeologyTC-04Folding and its landforms (schematic)
Three anticlinal ridges alternate with two synclinal valleys, flanked by steep limbs; rivers occupy the synclinal axes.
- Elevation
- 91 – 1,651 m
- Relief
- 1,560 m
- Zones
- 3 zones