Geography of China the triangular North China Plain. The other two sides are the Pacific coast to the east and the Yangtze River to the southwest. The vertices of this triangle are Beijing to the north, Shanghai to the southeast, and Yichang to the southwest. This alluvial plain, fed by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, is one of the most heavily populated regions of China. The only mountains in the plain are the Taishan in Shandong and Dabie Mountains of Anhui. Beijing, at the north tip of the North China Plain, is shielded by the intersection of the Taihang and Yan Mountains. Further
1984 United States presidential election in New York the nation at-large by about ten percentage points. The county results indicate a typical (for the time) split between the less-populated counties upstate, and the urban centers of New York City, Buffalo and Albany. While Mondale carried the heavily populated boroughs of New York City overall with 61 percent of the vote, the strong Republican performance in most upstate counties as well as in the populated suburban areas around NYC was able to pull the state's electoral votes in favor of Reagan. A portent of the future was seen in Mondale carrying Tompkins County, home of the college town of