Southern and Eastern Southern and Eastern AsiaAsia

Physical FeaturesPhysical Features

Himalayan MountainsHimalayan Mountains

On the border of China and IndiaOn the border of China and India

(mountain Chain)(mountain Chain)

Largest Mountain chain in the world.Largest Mountain chain in the world.

Contains the highest mountain in the Contains the highest mountain in the world-world-

Mount Everest (Nepal)Mount Everest (Nepal)

Himalaya Mountains

Mount EverestMount Everest

Mekong RiverMekong River

The The MekongMekong is one of the world’s is one of the world’s major major rivers. It is the 11th-longest . It is the 11th-longest river in the world, and the 12th-river in the world, and the 12th-largest by volume. Its estimated largest by volume. Its estimated length is 4880 km. From the length is 4880 km. From the Tibetan Plateau it runs through it runs through China's 's Yunnan province, province, Myanmar, , Thailand, , Laos, , Cambodia and and Vietnam. .

Mekong RiverMekong River

Ganges RiverGanges River

Winding 1,560 miles across Winding 1,560 miles across northern India, from the northern India, from the Himalaya Mountains to the Himalaya Mountains to the Indian Ocean, the Ganges River Indian Ocean, the Ganges River is not a sacred place: it is a is not a sacred place: it is a sacred entity. Known as sacred entity. Known as Ganga Ganga MaMa—Mother Ganges—the river is —Mother Ganges—the river is revered as a goddess.revered as a goddess.

Ganges RiverGanges River

Indus RiverIndus River

The Indus is the longest and most The Indus is the longest and most important important river in in Pakistan. It is the . It is the longest river and the third largest longest river and the third largest river, in terms of annual flow, in the river, in terms of annual flow, in the Indian subcontinent. It has given the . It has given the country country India its name. Originating in its name. Originating in the the Tibetan plateau and flows into and flows into the the Arabian Sea. .

Indus RiverIndus River

Huang RiverHuang River

The The Yellow RiverYellow River or or Huang HeHuang He is the second-longest river in is the second-longest river in China

(after the (after the Yangtze River) and the ) and the sixth-longest in the world at 5,464 in the world at 5,464 kilometres (3,398 mi).kilometres (3,398 mi).

Huang River or Yellow RiverHuang River or Yellow River

Yangtze RiverYangtze River

The The Yangtze RiverYangtze River is the longest is the longest river in in Asia and the third longest in and the third longest in the world, after the the world, after the Nile in in Africa, and , and the the Amazon in in South America. The . The river is about 6,300 river is about 6,300 km long and flows long and flows from its source in from its source in Qinghai Province, , eastwards into the eastwards into the East China Sea at at Shanghai. It has traditionally been . It has traditionally been considered a dividing line between considered a dividing line between North and South China..

Yangtze RiverYangtze River

Gobi DesertGobi Desert The Gobi desert, one of the world's The Gobi desert, one of the world's

great deserts, covers much of the great deserts, covers much of the southern part of Mongolia. Unlike the southern part of Mongolia. Unlike the Sahara there are few sand dunes in the Sahara there are few sand dunes in the Gobi; rather you'll find large barren Gobi; rather you'll find large barren expenses of gravel plains and rocky expenses of gravel plains and rocky outcrops. The climate here is extreme. outcrops. The climate here is extreme. Temperatures reach +40° C. in summer, Temperatures reach +40° C. in summer, and -40 in winter. Precipitation and -40 in winter. Precipitation averages less than 100 mm per year, averages less than 100 mm per year, while some areas only get rain once while some areas only get rain once every two or three years.every two or three years.

Gobi DesertGobi Desert

Taklimakan DesertTaklimakan Desert

The Taklimakan Desert can be found The Taklimakan Desert can be found in northeastern China.in northeastern China.

The name is believed to mean, The name is believed to mean, – ““the place of ruins,” or, “the desert of the place of ruins,” or, “the desert of

death.”death.”

It’s also been called the “point of no It’s also been called the “point of no return.” return.”

Indian OceanIndian Ocean

The The Indian OceanIndian Ocean is the third is the third largest of the world's largest of the world's oceanic divisions. It is bounded on the north divisions. It is bounded on the north by by Asia (including the (including the Indian subcontinent, after which it is , after which it is named); on the west by named); on the west by Africa; on ; on the east by the east by Indochina; and on the ; and on the south by the south by the Antarctica. .

Indian OceanIndian Ocean

Bay of BengalBay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is a The Bay of Bengal is a bay that that forms the northeastern part of forms the northeastern part of the the Indian Ocean. It resembles a . It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered in shape, and is bordered by to the West, by to the West, Bangladesh to the to the North (where the name comes North (where the name comes from), and from), and Myanmar and the and the southern part of southern part of Thailand to the to the East.East.

Bay of BengalBay of Bengal

Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula

The The Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula is a is a peninsula in in East Asia. It extends southwards for . It extends southwards for about 684 miles (1,100 about 684 miles (1,100 km) from the ) from the continental continental Asia into the into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan (East Sea) on the east, the (East Sea) on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water. connecting the first two bodies of water.

Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula

Yellow SeaYellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the northern The Yellow Sea is the northern part of the part of the East China Sea. It is . It is located between located between mainland China and the and the Korean peninsula. Its . Its name comes from the sand name comes from the sand particles that color its water, particles that color its water, originating from the originating from the Yellow River..

Yellow SeaYellow Sea

Sea of JapanSea of Japan

The The Sea of JapanSea of Japan is a is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea and Russia. bordered by Japan, Korea and Russia. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure. complete enclosure.

Sea of JapanSea of Japan

South China SeaSouth China Sea

The The South China SeaSouth China Sea is a marginal is a marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest sea Pacific Ocean. It is the largest sea body after the five oceans. body after the five oceans.

South China SeaSouth China Sea

Japan - HonshuJapan - Honshu

The largest island of Japan, called the The largest island of Japan, called the mainland.mainland.

Mount Fuji (active volcano) found on Mount Fuji (active volcano) found on Honshu.Honshu.

Tokyo is the capital of Japan. This Tokyo is the capital of Japan. This city is also found on the island of city is also found on the island of Honshu.Honshu.

HonshuHonshu