The Geography

Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan

Yunnan is the most southwestern province in China, and the province has an area of 394,000 square km (4.1% of the nation's total). The province borders Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guizhou Province in the east, Sichuan Province in the north, and Tibet Autonomous Region in the northwest. It shares a border of 4,060 km with Myanmar in the west, Laos in the south, and Vietnam in the southeast.

The elevation of Yunnan ranges from 76.4 meters at Honghe River Valley in Hekou County, to 6,740 meters at Kawagebo Peak in Deqin County.

The province is drained by six major river systems. These are the Yangtze, the Pearl River, the Red River, Salween, and a few tributaries of the Irrawaddy.