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Old 08-21-2014, 06:12 AM
 
Location: Sweden
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duuuuude.... do you even read? man, you guys are rough!
Well obviously it will be either China, Russia, USA or Canada. Percentage would be a much better comparison.
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Old 08-21-2014, 08:34 AM
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Location: Ontario
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Well obviously it will be either China, Russia, USA or Canada. Percentage would be a much better comparison.
I bet it's Russia because they are the largest country by far, more than double
the size of Canada, USA, or China. A lot of Siberia is mountainous over 1000m

Surprised Mongolia has not been mentioned yet, it's a relatively large country, mostly well above 1000m
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Old 08-21-2014, 01:53 PM
 
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Guys, it's China. Anything red or darker:



http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world-elevation-map.htm

The country has 69 mountain ranges, 46,000 glaciers and is aka the Third Pole.
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Old 08-21-2014, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Pine Ridge, Florida
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I agree with China having the highest proportion of land over 1000m. From the map, it looks like that a quarter of China's elevation is above 3000m, especially when you factor in Tibet.
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Old 08-21-2014, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Pine Ridge, Florida
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Lesotho in southern Africa is the only independent state in the world that sits entirely above 1000 meters in elevation. Its lowest point of 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) is the highest in the world. Over 80% of the country lies above 1,800 metres (5,906 ft).
The entire country is within the Drakensberg mountain range.
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Old 08-21-2014, 07:28 PM
 
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Guys, it's China. Anything red or darker:



HowStuffWorks "Maps of World Elevation"

The country has 69 mountain ranges, 46,000 glaciers and is aka the Third Pole.
Thanks Smool... Your map illustrates this better than the other maps I was looking at. It does seem like the answer is China, with USA in second, and Mongolia or Canada in third.

Thanks to those that helped and had on-topic answers. Especially thanks to those that READ the question!

Regards,

HNMTMAN
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Old 08-22-2014, 10:38 AM
 
Location: In the heights
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No, you can cleary see the Yellow river North, just outside the Green part of the map.
? Yes, you can. You can also clearly see that it's outside the green area that's solely the Yangtze River basin outlined in the map (without the Yellow River) while the borders of China and outside the green area also include Taiwan, Tibet, and Uyghurstan/Xinjiang. What is your point in using the map? It doesn't seem to fall very well into any of what you're saying.

And also, why not address the rest of the points made. Why is the mid 17th century the better demarcation point for borders? You have to understand that most arguments for and against the boundaries of China including these three territories can have similar arguments on either side of the fence for many other countries in the world, but because those countries might not be the largest countries of the world or have the bogeyman reputation that China as a developing country has, would be far less likely to be argued with such vigor or vehemence.

Anyhow, under what's generally recognized as current political borders, the answer is without a doubt China. Maybe there's a side argument for one of the Antarctic claimants as I believe Antarctica has the highest average elevation of all the continents, but territorial clams on it are controversial.
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Old 08-22-2014, 11:10 AM
 
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? Yes, you can. You can also clearly see that it's outside the green area that's solely the Yangtze River basin outlined in the map (without the Yellow River) while the borders of China and outside the green area also include Taiwan, Tibet, and Uyghurstan/Xinjiang. What is your point in using the map? It doesn't seem to fall very well into any of what you're saying.
Why do you keep feeding the troll? There's no point of arguing with selective history.
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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? Yes, you can. You can also clearly see that it's outside the green area that's solely the Yangtze River basin outlined in the map (without the Yellow River) while the borders of China and outside the green area also include Taiwan, Tibet, and Uyghurstan/Xinjiang. What is your point in using the map? It doesn't seem to fall very well into any of what you're saying.

And also, why not address the rest of the points made. Why is the mid 17th century the better demarcation point for borders? You have to understand that most arguments for and against the boundaries of China including these three territories can have similar arguments on either side of the fence for many other countries in the world, but because those countries might not be the largest countries of the world or have the bogeyman reputation that China as a developing country has, would be far less likely to be argued with such vigor or vehemence.
Here i made the map more clear...



Not only mid 17th century

Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) - 800+ years


Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) - 400+ years


Song dynasty (960-1279) - 319 years


Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - 276 years


Jin Dynasty (265-420) - 155 years


Sui dynasty (581-618) - 37 years
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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via wikipedia, everything in the red is above 1000 m



Many western states average above 1000 m, great plains and west coast states average just under 1000 m. Average elevation of course doesn't always mean more mountainous. Kansas averages higher than Alaska and Washington...
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