China: Composite Satellite image of China created by NASA and with contemporary frontiers superimposed in yellow. Photo by NASA (CC BY-SA 3.0 License)

China ranges from mostly plateaus and mountains in the west to lower lands in the east. Principal rivers flow from west to east, including the Yangtze (central), the Yellow River (Huang He, north-central), and the Amur (northeast), and sometimes toward the south (including the Pearl River, Mekong (river), and Brahmaputra), with most Chinese rivers emptying into the Pacific Ocean.

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