East Asia

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Chapter 27

• East Asia
• Section 1
• Landforms and Resources

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Kunlun Mountains

• They are north of the Himalayas. Located in
  western China.
• They are the source of the two of Chinas great
  rivers, the Huang He and Chang Jiang

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Qinling Shandi Mountains

• Are in southeastern and east central China.
  These mountains divide the northern part of from
  the southern part.

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China has three great rivers

• The Huang He
• Chang Jiang
• Xi Jiang

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Chang Jiang

• AKA Yangtze River, is the longest river in Asia.
  It flows 3450 miles from Tibet to the East China
  Sea. The river has been a major trade route
  since ancient times.

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Huang He

• AKA Yellow River, it runs for 3000 miles from the
  Kunlun Mts. To the Yellow Sea. It gets its name
  from the yellow silt the river carries down
  stream. It is aka is Chinas sorrow because of
  its flooding.

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Xi Jiang

• AKA West River, flows eastward through southeast
  China. Eventually joins the Pearl river and
  flows into the South China Sea. Important
  minerals are located in its valleys

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Section 2

• Climate and Vegetation

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typhoon

• Is a tropical storm that occurs in the western
  pacific.

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Taklimakan Desert

• Is located in western China. It lies between the
  Tian Shan and the Kunlun mountains.

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Gobi Desert

• Is located in northern China and southeast
  Mongolia. It is a prime area for finding dinosaur
  fossils.

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Tropical Zone

• East Asia contains mainly wet climates. The
  primary vegetation region is rain forest. The
  tropical zone is small the island of Hainan and
  the southern tip of Taiwan.

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Subarctic climate

• Is along Mongolias and Chinas border with
  Russia. Summers are cool and the winters are
  brutally cold. It is usually dry

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Section 3

• Human Environment Interaction

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Three Gorges Dam

• Is being built on the Chang Jiang River to help
  control the flooding. When completed it will be
  the largest Dam in the world. 600 feet high and
  over a mile wide.

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Positive and negative issues of Dam

• Control flooding
• Generate electricity
• Make it easier for ships to travel into interior

• Between one million to two million will have to
  be relocated
• Cost more then originally thought 11 billion now
  estimated to be 75 billion
• Environmental many animals on the endanger list
  might not survive

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