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China's climate and terrain are very varied, ranging from desert
conditions in the northwest, through huge mountains and the Himalayan
plateau in the west, to hot tropical rainforest in the southwest
In north China, summers are warm and short and winters long and cold
In the tropical and subtropical south, trees and other vegetation remain
green all year
The eastern coastal regions of China are warm and humid and have four
distinct seasons But the temperatures in the interior areas of northwest
China change greatly during the daytime "People wear fur coats in the
morning and silk at noon " Because of its high elevation, the Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau area, a special alpine-cold zone, has low temperatures all
year round
Most of the main population centres are clustered around the two great
rivers: the Yellow River (Huang He) and the Yangtze (Chang Jiang),
together with the Pearl River in the south
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