Abbreciation : Shu or Chuan              Total Population : 88 million

Area : 485,000 square kilometers              Location : Southwest China

Unique Features : Panda Habitat , Spicy and numbing food , Biggest Buddha in the World , Jiuzhaigou National Park , and Qiang Minority

Located on the upper reaches of Yangtze and isolated by a ring of mountains , Sichuan province is famous as the hometown of pandas . Except desert and ocean , there are various types of geographic features , including plain , plateau , valleys , mountain ranges and snow caps .

Geological Feature : adjacent to Chongqing on the east , to Guizhou and Yunnan Province on the south , to Tibet on the west , to Gansu and Shanxi Province on the north .The west part is characterized by plateau and mountains , ranging from 2500m to 7200m ,while east is charaterized by plain and hills ,ranging from 400m to 1800m .

Sichuan Plain is one of the top plains of this country , covering an area of 165,000 square kilometers.There are two crops per year . Main grains include rice , wheat and rapeseed .Both Yangtze River and Yello River go through this province . So , the hydro-power ranks no.1 in China .