Physical Features of ASIA

Geography

Comes from a Greek words

GEO – Earth

GRAPHIEN –To write or describe

Continents

CountriesRegions

Water FormsLand Forms

Way of Life of the the People in the area

Change of ParadigmOne that serves as a pattern or model.Paradigm

Paradigm Shift

Change of Paradigm

Geocentric

The world before…

The Pamirs

Pacific Ring of Fire

Asia’s Deserts

Rub-al-Khali Saudi ArabiaEmpty Quarter

Garaqum-Black SandTurkmenistan

Qyzlkum or Red Desert

Uzbekistan

Gobi DesertMongoliaColdest

Plateaus…also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.

Deccan Plateau - India

Anatolia - Turkey

Iranian Plateau

Arabian Plateau

Rivers and LakesYellow River / Huang Ho

Yangtze River

Yuan River

CHINA

YELLOW RIVER

IRAQ

TIGRISRIVER

EUPRATESRIVER

INDUS RIVER

BHAMAPUTRA

GANGES RIVER

Mekong River (South East Asia)

LAKES

Dead Sea - Israel/PalestineDeepest lake in the world

Caspian SeaLargest in the World

Lake Baikal

Oldest and Deepest in the World

Russia

Indian Ocean

PacificOcean

Artic Ocean

Boundaries/Regions

Boundaries/Regions?

1. Culture

2. Location

What determines…

Egypt

Culturally: Asian

Geographically: Africa

Natural Resources and Basic

Information about

CHINA

CHINA

MAINLAND CHINA

HONGKONG

TAIWAN

MACAU

Mongolia

Tibet

CHINA: The Middle Kingdom Zhongguo

Forbidden Kingdom -Beijing

Most populous country

One child policy

Distribution of Chinese population

Pattern?

Loess : Sediments

Huang Ho RiverChina’s Sorrow

Agriculture in China

1.Rice2. Vegetables3. Cotton4. Tea5. Wheat6. Corn7. Goat8. Pig9. Sheeps

What will be the future for this?

PrecariousUncertain

Danger

10% Forest

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Minerals in China

Iron Ore Steel

Fushun Province CoalElectricit

y Heat

Sufficient in oil - Szechwan

Peony: Symbol of wealth and nobleness

Hydropower resources: 680

million kilowatts

Taiwan : Formosa

Taiwan Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Lease to Great Britain in 1898 for a period of 99 years

British Colony since 1843.

Returned to China in 1997

Hong Kong Special Administrative

Region

Hong Kong(Fragrant Harbor)

HillyMountanousSteep slopes

Scarcity of Land: Reclamation

Poor in Natural Resources

(except minerals) but they develop their INDUSTRIES: textiles, plastics and technology

Tourism

ImportRaw Materials From othercountries

Macau - China

Macau, ChinaMacau was the first European base in the Far East.

Macau Special Administrative Region of China – Dec. 20, 1999

-One country, two systems (China’s socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau. 1987)

-Macau will have a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign And defense affairs for the next 50 years.

Macau

Macau : Flat terrain, reclamation, no arable

land.

Fishing Industry

Macau’s economy has remained one of

the most open in the world. Tourism

and liberalization of gaming industry.

Mongolia : Landlocked country

Japan

Japan is the Land of the Rising SunThe Japanese call their country: NIPPON

“SUN ORIGIN

4 MAIN ISLANDS - JAPAN

SOUTH: Humid Sub-Tropical

North: Humid Continental

AgricultureNot suitable for Agriculture: too mountianous or not suitable for farming 80%

Rice, Potatoes, Tea

Agriculture

Fisheries

Economic Miracle in 1945

Japan became one of the World’s leading industrial superpower

Assignment:

Kyoto ProtocolBackground

ObjectivesWhat countries considered to be the Top-10 emitters.