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Absolute Location: Absolute location describes the process location of a place using the earth’s graticule, the absolute location of China is 35.8617° N, 104.1954° E.
Relative Location: describes the location of a place that is relative to other places or things. China is North of Thailand and South of Mongolia and Russia.
A few examples:
This is a Latitude and longitude map that can be used to figure out the absolute location of China.
In this map you can use the countries surrounding China to fine China's relative location. For example, China is north of Vietnam and Thailand, south of Mongolia and Russia, and west of Japan.
Space: Space, in geography, is place without meaning. It is a general/objective area of land. There is a lot of space in West China, on population or city maps of China the West is often shown as deserted with very few people and a very scarce amount of cities. Xinjiang and Tibet are almost completely uninhabited. There's also unused land in some areas of Hebei, Shandong, Tianjin, and Liaoning. This map displays the amount of unused land in the western regions of China.
Place: Describes an area with distinguishing human/physical characteristics, in other words, it is space with meaning. Pretty much everything in the Southeast of China is Place. East China is much more heavily populated than West China. The map to the left displays China's types of land use. All of the land used by humans is considered place, while the unused land is considered space.
Flows: Flow is movement in a steady stream. An example of this in China is migration. Migrants from other countries tend to populate East China due to its many opportunities (quite unlike the West). Internal migration also takes place due to the changes in the economy and urbanization at a rapid pace. The map to the left is a map of migration in China. The thicker the line the stronger the flow. You can see a very strong flow from multiple places going into Guandoong. You can assume Guandoong has a high rate of immagration.
Distance decay: is the idea that the likelihood of interaction diminishes with increasing distance. This chart displays distance decay in China. This chart supports the distance decay rule, it shows that with increasing distance the communication decreases.
Time-Space Compression: Time-space compression is the increasing sense of connectivity that seems to bring people closer even though their distances are the same. A few examples of this are social media and the internet in general. The diagram to the left explains time-space compression on a global scale.
Pattern: A pattern is an arrangement of objects on earth including the space between those objects. The map below and on the left depicts where the Himalayan Mountain Range is, Southern China, Northern India, and Nepal. Then, the map to the right displays where in Nepal, Tibet, and China the most avalanches occur. There is a pattern of Avalanches occurring in the Himalayan Mountain Range.
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