Handout #1

 

List of Geographical Mapping Features

Locate and label the following on the outline map of Xinjiang Province

 

Title your map, make a key, and add a directional compass.

 

Mountains (brown)

Tianshan Range (Heavenly Mountains-west central)

Altay Range (north)

Karakorum Mountains

Kunlun Mountains

 

Deserts (tan)

Taklimakan Desert

 

Basins (green)

Junggarr Basin (between the Tianshan and Altay Ranges)

Tarim Basin (between the Tianshan and Kunlun Ranges)

Turfan (Turpan) Depression (between the Bogda and Qoltag Mountains)

 

Rivers (blue)

Tarim River

Illi River

 

Major Cities

Urimiqi (Urumchi)

Kashgar

Yinning

Turfan (Turpan)

 

Neighboring Countries (draw in the boarders)

Mongolia                      Kyrgystan

Russia                          Kazakstan

Afghanistan                   Tajikistan

Pakistan

India

 

Neighboring areas (draw in the boundaries)

Gansu Province

Qinghai province

Tibet Autonomous Region