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Climate and Agriculture in China - A Comparison to the US

This article explores the climate and agriculture in China, comparing it to the United States. It examines the differences in climatic change along the eastern coasts, the impact of monsoons on precipitation, and the agricultural regions in China. The article also discusses grain production and forest cover in the country.

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Climate and Agriculture in China - A Comparison to the US

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  1. Egeo 324: East Asia Human EnvironmentCHINA THE SETTINGPart 2: Climate and Agriculture China Geography & Envr

  2. Plus Two Xinjiang Tibet

  3. Part 2 • Climate • Agriculture China Geography & Envr

  4. China Geography & Envr

  5. Climate Comparison to US Dry Winter Dry Summer No Dry Season Dry Always No Dry Season China Geography & Envr

  6. Climate Comparison to US Carefully review these two maps and note: • how western China lacks a large inhabitable area like the US West Coast • the difference in climatic change along each places east coast • Which country seems to have more habitable areas? China Geography & Envr

  7. PrecipitationA major factor in China’s Climatic Regions China Geography & Envr Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at)

  8. A monsoon is not just any heavy rain that lasts for a long time.  Rather, a monsoon is like a giant sea-breeze.  A normal sea breeze changes daily, with the day-to-night change of land temperature as the sun rises and sets; monsoons change seasonally.  Figure A compares seasonal shifts in the monsoon circulation.  Most of the time during the summer, the land is warmer than the ocean.  This causes air to rise over the land and air to blow in from the ocean to fill the void left by the air that rose.  As you know, rising air leads to cloud formation and precipitation.  These monsoon clouds that form are full of moisture from the ocean, so they can produce heavy rainfall for long periods of time.  Because the land stays warmer than the ocean for most of the summer and the ocean is a constant source of moisture, these heavy rains last for months at a time.  A monsoon climate is marked by dry winters and wet summers.  About a quarter of the globe experiences a monsoon climate. https://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.monsoons China Geography & Envr

  9. Percipitation China Geography & Envr

  10. IIASA-LUC GIS DatabaseCLIMATE - Northern ASIA 5km monthly databasehttp://webarchive.iiasa.ac.at/Research/SRD/ChinaFood/data/anim/pre_ani.htm • MAP ANIMATION:CHINA - Annual precipitationAnimationRaw Maps • MAP ANIMATION: CHINA – Length of Growing Season Animation China Geography & Envr

  11. China Geography & Envr Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at)

  12. Sylvia Prieler (prieler@iiasa.ac.at) China Geography & Envr

  13. Global Perspective – somewhat crude http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/view.php?d1=TRMM_3B43M China Geography & Envr

  14. China Geography & Envr

  15. Agricultural Regions A –1 crop/yr B –2 crops/yr or 3 crops every other year C – 2 crops/yr with Rice D – 2 rice crops/yr + 3rd crop E – 3 rice crops/yr China Geography & Envr

  16. China Geography & Envr

  17. New Rice Growing Areas of Manchuria China Geography & Envr

  18. Crop and % of Land Cultivated China Geography & Envr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_China#/media/File:China_agricultural_1986.jpg

  19. China Geography & Envr

  20. China Geography & Envr

  21. China Geography & Envr

  22. China Geography & Envr

  23. Grain Production by Province in China http://circleofblue.org/china-grains.html China Geography & Envr

  24. Forest CoverAnother way of definingHumid and Arid China as well as North and South China Proper China Geography & Envr

  25. China Geography & Envr

  26. Recent Story from Government Paper: China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/25/content_21099483.htm China Geography & Envr

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