ASIAPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

North or Central Asia

• Characterized by continuous cover of plants or grasslands.

•Grasslands: lacking in trees

North or Central Asia

• 3 types:• Steppes: shallow-rooted grasses• Western portion of the Black Sea eastward

beyond Lake Balkash.• Kyrgyz Steppe; patches can also be found in

Manchuria and the Ordos Desert in East Asia• Prairies: tall and deep-rooted grasses• Located on the northern side of the Russian

steppes and in Manchuria• Savannas: mingling of forests and grasslands• Found in Southeast Asia and the African continent

North or Central Asia

• Boreal Forest (Taiga)• 17% of the total land area of the Earth• In Russia, it means marshy pine forest• Coniferous• Usually located in areas south of tundras and north of grasslands• Can be found in Siberia• Climate is cool, rain and snow occurs less

North or Central Asia

• Tundras:•Can also be found in Russia•Finnish word TUNTURIA (treeless plain)•Seldom inhabit the place

North or Central Asia• Home to the

deepest lake in the world

LAKE BAIKAL• Maximum

depth: 1,620 meters

WEST ASIA Includes the Northern Tier, Arabian

Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent Characterized by the presence of

mountains and plateaus (Turkey and Iran).

Anatolian Plateau (supports farming)

Iranian plateau: land is dryLarge population

Sparse population

Northern portion: Hindu Kush and Himalayas

Southern portion: Bodies of water (Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal)

Himalayan Mountain range Mt. Everest Mt. Kanchenjunga

Hindu Kush Khyber pass (Gateway to India)

SOUTH ASIA

Gobi desert, Mongolian and Tibetan Plateaus, and the Himalayas

EAST ASIA

Southeast asia

monsoons

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