Diapositiva 1

ASIA

PHYSICAL MAP OF THE CONTINENT.

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INTRODUCTION:

Asia is the Earths largest continent .

Its 43608000 km represent 29,13 % of the surface of the Earth.

Asia has 4.140.000.000 of inhabitants.

Asia has 47 countries and a lot of different languages

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LIMITS OF ASIA:

THE TERRAIN OF ASIA:

Plains: The main plains are the Siberian, Indochina and Indian Plains.

Depresions: Filled by seas such as the Aral, Caspian and Dead seas.

Plateaus: The most important are the Anatolian, Iranian, Tibetan, Siberian, Deccan and Arabian plateaus.

Mountains: Of special note are the Zagros Mountains and the Himalayas.

SEAS, LAKES AND RIVERS:

Seas: the main seas in Asia are the sea of Japan, Okhotsk, and the Kara, Bering, China, Arabian and Red seas

Lakes: there are both saltwater lakes such as the Aral, Caspian and Dead seas and freshwater lakes such as Lake Baikal.

Rivers: are long and carry a high volume of water. The most important are the Yangtze, the Ob, the Yenisei, the Lena, the Huang He, the Mekong, the Amur, the Ganges and the Indus.

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