Physical Features of Asia
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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.