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Asian GeographyAsian Geography

Unit II-Asian History and CivilizationUnit II-Asian History and Civilization

Ms. Ethel Marie Y. Entrampas

ObjectivesObjectives

• To explain different theories on the geological history of the Earth (Asia);

• To identify longitudinal and latitudinal lines;• To be able to locate countries (relative and

absolute locations)• To classify the different countries of Asia

geographically;• To be able to familiarize/memorize different

facts of Asian countries;• To differentiate different peoples of Asia

according to their races• To enumerate the developmental indicators

DEFINITIONSDEFINITIONS

• The study of the earth and its features

History is to TIME; Geography is to SPACE

Two types: Physical Geography

Human Geography

ClimateLand/Water FormsVegetation

PopulationInteractionsCulture

Geo-Vocabulary WordsGeo-Vocabulary Words

• Tundra – a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

• Taiga – a coniferous forest extending across much of the subarctic North America and Euroasia

bordered by tundra in the north and steppe in the south

• Steppe – an extensive grassy plain usually without trees

• Plateau – a wide mainly level area of elevated land

• Subterranean – situated beneath the earth’s surface

• Tributary – a branch that flows into the main stream

• Peninsula – a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

• Glacier – slowly moving mass of ice

• Weir – a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow

• Oasis – a fertile patch in a desert occuring where the water table

approaches or reachers the ground surface

• Atolls – a circular coral reef or string of coral islands surrounding

a lagoon

THE EARTH Estimated Weight (mass) (5,940,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons)  Estimated Age 4.6 billion years Current Population 6,446,131,714 Surface Area (510,066,000 sq km) Land Area (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1% Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km) Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9% Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh) 

CONTINENTAL DRIFTCONTINENTAL DRIFT• All continents were once part of

a supercontinent known as Pangaea (Pangea) which means all lands.

• Divided into two: Laurasia (North) and Gondwanaland (South)

PLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICS

• Tectonics: to build

• The crust floats over a semi-molten layer.

• The crust is broken up into large small pieces called plates

• These plates are always in motion

• There are 14 major continental and oceanic plates

• When one plate collides with another, it may divide or “subduct” underneath the other.

Tools used in GeographyTools used in Geography

• Map (Climate, Political, Economic)

• Globe

Types of LocationTypes of Location

Relative

• Locating a place using its neighboring place (vicinal) or body of water (insular)

Absolute

• Locating a place using latitude and longitude lines

What is the difference of a longitudinal and

latitudinal lines?

Geographical RegionsGeographical RegionsAsian Regions and their TopographyAsian Regions and their Topography

LocationLocation

• Asia occupies a large portion of the world• Its bounded by

N – Arctic Ocean

E – Bering Strait and Pacific Ocean

S – Indian Ocean

SW – Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

W – Ural Mountain Range

Major topographic FeaturesMajor topographic Features

• Mountain ranges

- Himalayas, Karakoorum, Hindu Kush,

Elburz, Caucasus, Pamirs, Taurus,

Kunlun, Tian Shan, Urals

• Highest Mountains

- Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu

• Largest Lakes

- Aral Sea, Baikal, Balkhash,

Caspian Sea and Dead Sea

• Major Rivers

- Amu Darya, Amur, Brahmaputra, Chao Phraya, Euphrates, Ganges, Huang Ho, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Ob, Salween, Tigris, Yamuna, Yangtze and Yenisey

• Lowest Area

- Dead Sea Coast

Geographical RegionsGeographical Regions

• North or Central Asia• South Asia• East Asia• West /Southwest (Middle East)• Southeast

North AsiaNorth Asia

• Non-asians• Ural Mts. Divides Europe and Asia• Bering Strait borders it near North America

• It has long winter seasons and occasional rains• It is a barren area• Oil, kerosene, iron, tin, copper, gold, diamond,

and coal

South Asia {Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, & Bangladesh}

South Asia {Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, & Bangladesh}

• Also known as the Indian subcontinent• “The Crossroads”

• A large part of South Asia suffers from drought while its middle part while its middle part is wet

• It has a tropical weather

• The Himalayas and Hindu Kush serves as shields against conquerors (North)

• Wide valleys irrigated by water (South)

East AsiaEast Asia

• This region is consist of various physical features

• China – Gobi Desert, Mongolian and Tibetan plateaus3 river systems: Huang Ho, Yangtze, Xi Jiang

• Japan – separated from mainland East Asia by the Korean Strait - compose of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido

Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia

• Continental or Mainland {Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos }

• Mountainous with occasional high plateaus, River systems include the Irrawaddy, Salween, Chao Phraya, Mekong and Red River

• Insular or Island {Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore}

• Made up of islands scattered over wide stretches of bodies of water

• It has equal dry and wet seasons• No desert in this region

Countries Rivers

Myanmar Irrawaddy

Thailand Chao Phraya

Laos Mekong

Cambodia Mekong

South Vietnam Mekong

North Vietnam Red River

• This region has the most number of islands in the world

• Indonesia – petroleum• Malaysia - tin

Southwest AsiaSouthwest Asia

• Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran and Afghanistan

• Meeting point of Europe, Africa and Asia• Extremely warm weather