关键词: 综合自然地理, 区划分, 综合自然区划, 新方案, 东部季风区, 自然地带, 干燥度, 分异因素, 土地类型, 单位系统

Abstract: A new scheme for comprehensive physical regionalization in China is developed and adopted in the newly written textbook "Physical Geography of China" (both in Chinese and in English). Three natural realms (Eastern Monsoon China, Northwest Arid China, Tibetan Frigid Plateau), seven natural divisions (Temperate humid & subhumid Northeast China, Warm-temperate humid & subhumid North China, subtropical humid Central & South China, tropic humid South China, temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia, temperate & warm-temperate desert of Northwest China, Tibetan Plateau), and 33 natural regions are demarcated. They are listed in table 2 and shown in map 1. The classification of lower-level regional units (natural sub-regions and natural areas) is also briefly discussed.