China's geography is extremely varied and complex.including mountains, plateaux,plains,grasslands,basins,hills,island,tidal flatlands,desert, glaciers, and frozen earth,Mountain areas cover about two-thirds of the total land area. China has 370 large lakes,of which the chief fresh-water lakes are Boyang ,Dongting ,Hongze and Taihu. Lake Qinghai is the largest salt water lake. The climate is varied ,ranging from sub-arctic to temperate to tropical. However, the greater part of China is in the temperate zone,with four clearly- defined seasons.
China is rich in natural resources.
There are over 2,000 species of wild animals,including such rare and endangered types as the giant panda, snubnosed monkey,takin,eared pheasant,dolphin and alligator,and some 32,000 species of higher plants. Virtually all the 140 useful minerals known to man have been found in China. The deposits of 132 of these have been determined ,and quite a few of them are extermely rich. Potential hydropower resources are estimated at 680 million kw,and China also has abundant marine resources and sea-floor mineral deposits. The People's Republic of china is a unified,multi-national country founded by all its peoples.