North China Plain:
- prone to both floods and drought
- at the intersection of humid winds from the pacific and dry winds from the interior of the asian continent
- based on the deposits of the Yellow River
- largest alluvial plain of eastern asia
- also called the land of Yellow Earth
East China Sea:
- part of the pacific ocean
- the east china sea and the south china sea make up the china sea
- largely shallow
- almost 3/4 of the sea is less than 650 feet
- a small amount of china’s oil and natural gas production comes from offshore wells in the east china sea
- main shipping route from the South China Sea to Japanese and other North Pacific ports
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<span>The middle class expanded as a result of industrialization.
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