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China is a country of great climatic contrasts. Reasons for this are its vastness and its mountainous nature, as well as its peripheral location in the east of the Eurasian continent, bordering on the Pacific Ocean and its peripheral seas on one side, and on inner Asia on the other. The interaction between these factors as well as the atmospheric conditions results in the highly fluctuating regional and temporal climatic environment which is characteristic for China. In addition, reoccurring temporary weather changes and unsettled weather conditions are typical for China. The phenome…

With a total area of 9.6 million km2 China is the third-largest country of the world, after Russia and Canada. It covers 6.4% of the world's land surface. Located at the eastern rim of the Eurasian continent, China forms the largest part of East Asia (together with Korea and Japan) and also expands over large parts of Central Asia. The huge Chinese territory (including the islands in the South China Sea which China claims, in part controversially) spans a linear distance of about 5500 km because of its…