China Physical Map
A free printable physical map of China, with elevation shown in color and shaded relief. The labeled version names the mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, seas and highest peaks, plus the capital and largest cities. The blank version leaves them off for students to fill in.
Highest Point
Mt. Everest, on the border with Nepal
29,032 ft
Lowest Point
Turpan Depression
about 505 ft below sea level
Choose your version
Labeled or blank.
Both are free PDFs sized for US Letter paper.
Labeled
Ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, lakes, seas and the highest peaks, all named. Use it as a reference or an answer key.
downloadLabeled PDF
Blank
The same terrain with no names and a name line at the top, for students to label the features themselves.
downloadBlank PDFThe physical geography of China
China steps down from west to east. The highest step is the Tibetan Plateau in the southwest, edged by the Himalayas, where Mt. Everest stands on the border with Nepal. The middle step is a band of plateaus and basins, including the dry Tarim Basin with the Taklamakan Desert, the Gobi Desert along the Mongolian border, and the fertile Sichuan Basin. The lowest step, in the east, is plains and low hills along the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, where most of the people live.
Major rivers
- Yangtze
- Yellow (Huang He)
- Pearl (Xi)
- Amur (Heilong)
- Mekong (Lancang)
Find it on the map
- The high Tibetan Plateau in the southwest
- The Tarim Basin ringed by mountains in the northwest
- The low green plains of the east
Built from real data, not stock images.
The terrain is drawn from a global elevation model (Mapzen terrain tiles, built from NASA SRTM and other public surveys). Coastlines, rivers, lakes and feature names come from Natural Earth. The colors are spread over this country’s own elevation range, so its terrain shows clearly whether it is flat or mountainous.
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