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RISK The Series: China Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/6/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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RISK The Series: Cina

China officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the most populous state in the world, with over 1.339 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3.7 million square miles). It is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.

The People's Republic of China is the second-largest country in the world by land area after Russia, and is either the third- or fourth-largest by total area, after Russia, Canada and, depending on the definition of total area, the United States. China's total area is generally stated as approximately 9,600,000 km2 (3,710,000 sq mi).. Specific area figures range from 9,572,900 km2 (3,696,100 sq mi) of Encyclopædia Britiannica, to 9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi) of U.N. Demographic Yearbook, to 9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi) of CIA World Factbook and 9,640,011 km2 (3,722,029 sq mi) that includes Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, which are controlled by China and claimed by India. None of the aforementioned total area figures includes the 1,000 square kilometres (386.1 sq mi) of territory ceded to the PRC by the Tajikistan following the ratification of a Sino-Tajik border agreement by the Tajik Parliament on January 12, 2011.

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, the total area of the United States, at 9,522,055 km2 (3,676,486 sq mi), is slightly smaller than China. In the CIA Factbook, until the coastal waters of the Great Lakes was added to the United States' total area in 1996, China's total area was also greater than that of the United States.

China has the longest land borders in the world, measuring 22,117 km (13,743 mi) from the mouth of the Yalu River to the Gulf of Tonkin. China borders 14 nations, more than any other country except Russia, which also borders 14. China extends across much of the East Asian continent bordering Vietnam, Laos, and Burma in Southeast Asia; India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan,[75] in South Asia; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia; a small section of Russian Altai and Mongolia in Inner Asia; and the Russian Far East and North Korea in Northeast Asia.

Additionally, China shares maritime boundaries with South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the Phillippines. The PRC and the Republic of China (Taiwan) make mutual claims over each other's territority and the frontier between areas under their respective control is closest near the islands of Kinmen and Matsu, off the Fujian coast, but otherwise run through the Taiwan Strait. The PRC and ROC assert identical claims over the entirety of the Spratly Island in the South China Sea, and the southern-most extent of these claims reach Zengmu Ansha (James Shoal), which would form a maritime frontier with Malaysia.

The territory of China lies between latitudes 18° and 54° N, and longitudes 73° and 135° E. The country's vast size gives it a wide variety of landscapes. In the east, along the shores of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, there are extensive and densely populated alluvial plains, while on the edges of the Inner Mongolian plateau in the north, broad grasslands are visible. Southern China is dominated by hill country and low mountain ranges, while the central-east hosts the deltas of China's two major rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Other major rivers include the Xi, Mekong, Brahmaputra and Amur. To the west, major mountain ranges, most notably the Himalayas, and high plateaus feature among the more arid landscapes of the north, such as the Taklamakan and the Gobi Desert. China's highest point, Mt. Everest (8848m), lies on the Sino-Nepalese border. The country's lowest point is the dried lake bed of Ayding Lake (-154m) in the Turpan Depression.

A major environmental issue in China is the continued expansion of its deserts, particularly the Gobi Desert, which is currently the world's fifth-largest desert. Although barrier tree lines planted since the 1970s have reduced the frequency of sandstorms, prolonged drought and poor agricultural practices have resulted in dust storms plaguing northern China each spring, which then spread to other parts of East Asia, including Korea and Japan. According to China's environmental watchdog, Sepa, China is losing a million acres (4,000 km²) per year to desertification. Water quality, erosion, and pollution control have become important issues in China's relations with other countries. Melting glaciers in the Himalayas could potentially lead to water shortages for hundreds of millions of people.

China's climate is mainly dominated by dry seasons and wet monsoons, which lead to a pronounced temperature differences between winter and summer. In the winter, northern winds coming from high-altitude areas are cold and dry; in summer, southern winds from coastal areas at lower altitudes are warm and moist. The climate in China differs from region to region because of the country's extensive and complex topography.

On this cache you are looking for ...... ok its easy

**** Keep in mind that you are looking for partial coordinates to RISK The Series: Secret Mission #1, #2, #3 and full coordinates to RISK The Series: Capture the Flag. PLEASE DO NOT MOVE COORDINATES FROM CACHE.

************************************************************************ ******* NOT ALL CACHES WILL HAVE COORDS IN THEM. PLEASE DO NOT PUT CLUES OF HAVING FOUND OR HAVING NOT FOUND COORDS IN YOUR LOGS. THESE LOGS WILL BE DELETED. BELOW IS HOW YOU WILL FIND THE COORDS ********************** ************************************************************************

One Territory out of each country will give you 1 part of the coordinates. For example a North American territory may give you N 00 00.000 for Secret Mission #? and an Asian territory may give you W 00 00.000 for the same mission. It will look like this when you find the code.

Risk The Series: Secret Mission #1 N 00 00.000

Or

Risk The Series: Secret Mission #1 W 000 00.000

Put the coordinates that you found for the matching missions together to find the location of that Mission.

****To find “RISK The Series: Capture the Flag” you must First find a territory that has the Coordinates to the final to capture the flag, Each territory can be found by putting in “RISK The Series”. For a specific territory add the territory name, for example: “RISK The Series: Eastern United States”.

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