Geography and Early Settlements of China
Inner China
Inner China took part, in the present day, southwestern part of China. Inner China contains mostly river valleys, rolling hill, grass, and plains. From the west comes rivers filled to the top with water, that provided irrigation. These rivers were so full, and sometimes they would flooded, enriching the soil with nutrients that made the land good for farming. Because Inner China had good farming land, it made it much more attractive that Outer China. Inner China had two main regions. There was the Northern China Plain and the Southern part. The Southern region of Inner China contained low river plains. The two areas had very different climates. The Chang Jiang Basins (Southern Inner China), had a very humid climate causing it to be wet and warm. The Northern region was very dry and much cooler.
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Outer China Contains Mongolia and outer Manchuria, Which is part of Russia. Not very many people lived in Outer China because of the horrible farming conditions. Most of the people who lived in China lived in Inner China. Although the people who lived in Outer China weren’t able to grow crops they were able to raise livestock on The Tibetan Plateau, such as yaks.