McQ
2011-08-14, 02:23 AM
So, not entirely sure where else to go to ask for help on this, I'll just give it a shot here.
Trying to make a geographically defined map of Southern China. The map is comprised of the provinces Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and possibly Guangdong in their respective places. Doing all of China is a bit much, so I'm just including some of my favorite provinces based on their geographical topography.
What I really need help with is a grasp of what physical features exist. I've taken a look on GoogleEarth and it's far too detailed, and what I've found on Wikipedia gives me descriptive text but I'm the sorta guy that needs colors and pictures to solidify an understanding.
I figured out Yunnan has really tall mountains in the Northwest, and in the Southwest it's more like hills with rice paddy terraces and towns with squeezed together houses on the steepest parts of the hills. There's another part of Yunnan that turns into nothing but rock peaks that have many large underground rivers flowing through caves.
I'm looking for a map of the provinces put together with some kind of basic mapping key or color scheme to show where certain terrain lays. Much of these provinces have mountains (hence I'm naming it the Isle of Stone), there are really high mountains, karst columns with caves under, and the really steep hills with the valley floor being a large river.
If someone has an understanding or decent map of this portion of china I'd really appreciate the help.
Trying to make a geographically defined map of Southern China. The map is comprised of the provinces Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and possibly Guangdong in their respective places. Doing all of China is a bit much, so I'm just including some of my favorite provinces based on their geographical topography.
What I really need help with is a grasp of what physical features exist. I've taken a look on GoogleEarth and it's far too detailed, and what I've found on Wikipedia gives me descriptive text but I'm the sorta guy that needs colors and pictures to solidify an understanding.
I figured out Yunnan has really tall mountains in the Northwest, and in the Southwest it's more like hills with rice paddy terraces and towns with squeezed together houses on the steepest parts of the hills. There's another part of Yunnan that turns into nothing but rock peaks that have many large underground rivers flowing through caves.
I'm looking for a map of the provinces put together with some kind of basic mapping key or color scheme to show where certain terrain lays. Much of these provinces have mountains (hence I'm naming it the Isle of Stone), there are really high mountains, karst columns with caves under, and the really steep hills with the valley floor being a large river.
If someone has an understanding or decent map of this portion of china I'd really appreciate the help.