Ancient China Geography and The Great Wall

China's land is made up of mainly mountains and deserts. The Himalayan mountains lay in Western part of China. The Altia mountains lay North of the Himalayan mountains. The Taklimakin desert is in the Western part of China. The Gobi desert lays in the Eastern part of China.

China is home to the third largest river, the Yangzi River. Some other rivers in China are the Huang He, the Yellow river, the Huai river, and the Yarlung Zangbo river.

The weather in the old days of China wasn't much of a variety for each region. China was not very cold in the winter, but could get up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. In the summer it was either hot and humid, or hot and not humid.

Emperor Qin, from the Qin dynasty had the Great Wall of China built. Many people died, building The Great Wall. The Great Wall of China was created to keep bandits from attacking, and other states from trying invade, or attack.