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Physical Geography of China
Release Date: 2017-09-221. Basic Course Information
Course Code: 085772
Course Name: Physical Geography of China
Course Type: Specialty course
Periods: 32
Credits: 2
Target Students: Undergraduates Majoring in Physical Geography and Resource Environment
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Courses: Essentials of Geology, Geomorphology, Meteorology and Climatology, Hydrology and Water Resources，Introduction of Plant Geography
2. Brief Course Introduction
Physical Geography of China is profession and basic knowledge for students. The course pays attention to the basic characteristics and causes of the Physical geographical environment of China, the regional natural resources and environment, and the relationship between people earth and the characteristics of regional system in China.
The course framework is divided into four parts: the natural environment of China, the natural resources of China, natural divisions and regional geographical characteristics of China, resources and environment protection and land development. The contents include as follows: the profiles of Chinese land and its evolution process and mechanism of formation and differentiation, landform, climate, hydrology, soil, vegetation, animals, and environmental change; the spatial distribution regularities of land and resources, water resources, climate resources, biological resources, marine resources and mineral resources; the natural geographical regionalization in China and the introduction of the eastern monsoon region, northwest arid region, the qinghai-tibet plateau region and its seven natural region partition; the discussion of the relationship between resources and environment protection and sustainable development, and the comprehensive territorial control scheme of China. The Course studies the formation process, development trends and evolution regularities of synergistic effect between people-land systems from different space-time scale. It studies the effect on regional environmental capacity for our country from global environment change, and the evolution trend and recovery ability of various ecological fragile zones. It also discusses the causes, evolution process and corresponding mitigation measures of natural disasters, and so on.