<span>As in any other country, geography shapes the history and the economy. Geography commands not only the climate, rivers mountains, but also religion and culture. China to begin with is among the largest countries in the world, and is the most populous. Most of its population is at the coast, because it has access to water and to ocean, thus can feed themselves better than people from the mountains. Inside the country, there are deserts and mountains, and ancient Chinese preferred those location to build monasteries and sacred places,and also used it as a protective shelters in times of war. Geography also affects what people's diet, their soil is good for rice, given the humidity, which cause the ancient Chinese to live on rice-paddies, in large families.Due to extensive labor it required to grow rice on the farm, Chinese had a lot of kids, which they try to prevent lately. So geography affected their social life, living in big families, with many children, embedded respect for elderly, and reinforced family ties. Another particularity, are Chinese rivers, The Yellow river, is lately drying out, but it is known to flood many provinces in ancient times, so people would grow certain flood resistant plants there, and also build cities, that can rely on waterway for their water supply and transportation.</span><span> </span>
The “amount” of Moon that we see as we look from Earth changes in a cycle that repeats about once a month (29.5 days). The relative positions of our Sun, Earth, and Moon, cause these changes. ... Between the new and full Moon, the amount of Moon we see grows — or waxes from its right side toward its left side.
Global warming is said to be a long term rise in the annual temperature of the earth. There a number of scientists that have have give statements that the global warming as summarized by IPCC which is endorsed by other scientific bodies, including many climatologists, anthro geographers and other oceanographic experts which have recorded temperature changes over the period of decades and have seen the reaction with various elements like the greenhouse gases on the environment which will risen <u>from 1.5 to 5.8 degrees since 1950 to 2100</u> and rise in annual surface temperature to 3 degrees. Nearly 98% of evidence proves the existence of human impact upon the earth's environment and now the world is moving towards a global cooldown.
