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Shandong Peninsula

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Shandong Peninsula

 or Shan-tung Peninsula conventional Shantung Peninsula

Peninsula, eastern China. Occupying the eastern section of Shandong province, it extends northeastward between the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli) and the Yellow Sea. The terrain is hilly, with elevations around 600 ft (180 m), rising to 3,707 ft (1,130 m) in the Lao Mountains. Fishing is important along the coast, and fruit is grown in the hills. Iron ore, magnesite, and gold are abundant. Some of China's best ports are located along the peninsula's rocky, indented coast.



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In any case, the Soviet Union organised donations of cows from The Netherlands and Australia mainly to southwestern China and the Shandong Peninsula.
It can be seen from the distribution characteristics of the development zones that China has six large urban-intensive areas, including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Zhujiang Delta, Shandong peninsula, west coast of the Taiwan Strait, the middle and south Liaoning, where are also the most intensive areas of the development zones.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look across the rooftops and walls of Rizhao, a coastal city of nearly three million on the Shandong Peninsula in China's north-east, and you will see rows of solar panels on nearly every building.
 
 
 
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