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Mekong River
The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of water annually. From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau, the river runs through Southwest China (where it is officially called the Lancang River), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult, though the river remains a major trade ro
Taklamakan
desert in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Tarim Basin
geographical area in Central Asia
Dzungaria
Dzungaria, also known as Northern Xinjiang or Beijiang, is a geographical subregion in Northwest China, consisting of the northern half of Xinjiang. Bound by the Altai Mountains to the north and the Tian Shan mountain range to the south, Dzungaria covers approximately , and borders Kazakhstan to the west and Mongolia to the east. In contexts prior to the mid-18th century Dzungar genocide, the term "Dzungaria" could cover a wider area, coterminous with the Oirat-led Dzungar Khanate.
Three Parallel Rivers National Park
national park in China
Ordos Desert
Desert and steppe region in Inner Mongolia, China
South China Sea Islands
geographic concept consisting of multiple islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland
ecoregion in East Asia
Kubuqi Desert
desert in China
Mu Us Desert
desert in Central China
Junggar Basin
sedimentary basin in Northwest China
Manchurian mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Emin Valley
valley of Emin (or Emil) river, in Kazakhstan and China
Amur meadow steppe
Ecoregion (WWF)
Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Northern Indochina subtropical forests
forest ecoregion in northern Indochina and southwestern China
Jian Nan Subtropical Evergreen Forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Altai alpine meadow and tundra
Ecoregion (WWF)
Changbai Mountains mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Suiphun-Khanka meadows and forest meadows
Ecoregion (WWF)
Daurian forest steppe
Ecoregion (WWF)
Altai montane forest and forest steppe
Ecoregion (WWF)
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Pamir alpine desert and tundra
Ecoregion (WWF)
Eastern Gobi Desert steppe
Ecoregion (WWF)
Hainan Island Monsoon Rain Forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Huang He Plain mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Tian Shan montane conifer forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
Ecoregion (WWF)
Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe
terrestrial ecoregion in western China
Yellow Sea saline meadow
Ecoregion (WWF)
Alashan Plateau semi-desert
Ecoregion (WWF)
Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Central China loess plateau mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows
Ecoregion (WWF)
Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Changjiang Plain evergreen forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests
WWF Ecoregion
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
Ecoregion (WWF)
Altai steppe and semi-desert
Ecoregion (WWF)
Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests
Ecoregion (WWF)
Daba Mountains evergreen forests
Ecoregion (WWF)