3.3.3

• What natural resources does china have? 


  It has deposits of every material ever found including coal, iron, mercury, etc
• what are mining industry on the Chinese economy?

  basic and generate significant push effects on downstream industries
• chinas mineral resources

  Regional split – east/west split

  Has been environmental damage caused by exploitation

  Many important metallic minerals such as iron and cooper are of poor quality and are difficult and expensive to melt
• Why is the mineral industry highly significant to chinas economy?

  It amounts to 1.5% of the countreys overall GDP

  Chinas considers minerals and metals strategic for the development of industries.

  China dominates the refining industry

  the acceleration of investments into mining both internationally and domestically.
• Coal

  unevenly distributed. For example 760 billion tons of coal is located in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia wereas only 1.4% is found in the 9 provinces of southern china

  China emits 30% of the worlds CO2 emmisons but has 20% of the world manufacturing

  They are not increasing or decreasing its coal use.

   
• oil

  • mostly found in the north east and coastal areas
  • 3 million people work at the largest oil field
  • 70% of chains natural gas posits are located in the sichuan and shaanxi
• relief

  • 2/3 of china is mountains
  • highest and largest plateau in the world - Tibetan plateau
  • active seismic zone and Xperia cues major earthquakes
  • very furtile land - perfect for agricuture
  • deep natural bays along the Easten coast - enabled fro development of huge container ports
• climate

  • Variability - impacts length of the growing season - some have 2 or 3 wearas some areas struggle o get one
  • Threats of floods, droughts and sandstorms and typhoons (only in southwest )
• water availability

  • Extremely uneven
  • Southen china - farmland = 36.3% of the national total
  • Northen china - farm lands = 63.7% f the natural total
  • Major flooding events
• where is flooding and drought mpre likly

  flood - southeast china

  drought - central northen and east of china e.g. Shanxi

  both - in the central easten part
• • china has historically suffered from both flooding and droughts