Population Distributrion 🇨🇳🇨🇳 Why 95% of Chinese live on one side of this line

Описание: Why do 95% of Chinese live on the eastern side of this line?

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Why do 95% of all people in China live east of this line, while only 5 percent inhabit this western portion?

This western side is only home to 70 million people, which might seem like a lot, until you realize that just across this line, you’ll find a total of more than 1.3 billion people, which for comparison, is almost 4 times the population of the United States.

The reasons for this population divide can all be attributed to China’s geography. You see, thousands of years ago in ancient China, civilization was mainly centered around these two rivers—the Yangtze and the Yellow River—which provided this Eastern region with some of the best farmland on the entire planet. Factoring in the plentiful rain and the warm climate year round, these are essentially the perfect conditions for humans to live in. Fast forwarding thousands of years, you can see how so many people ended up on this side of China.

On the contrary, the Western side of China contains extremely dry deserts, mainly because the Himalayas mountain range acts as a barrier blocking all monsoons from the South to make their way into China. Furthermore, the harsh cold air coming from Siberia shift the temperatures of this region far beyond what can sustain a growing population.

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