East Asia: Physical Geography

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East Asia Physical Geography

• Chapter 18
• Section 1 Land and Water
• Section 2 Climate and Vegetation
• Section 3 Natural Resources

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Section 1 Land and Water

• Landforms in China
• Himalayas
• Highest mountain range in the world. They run
  along the border of China and Nepal.
• Mt. Everest one of the highest mountains in the
  world.
• Located in the Himalayas
• Plateau of Tibet
• A large highland area that lies north of the
  Himalayas.

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Section 1 Land and Water

• Landforms that make up East Asia.
• China takes up most of East Asias land.
• High mountains and plateaus make up most of
  China.
• Plains
• China and Mongolia have wide plains while Japan,
  Taiwan, and the Koreas have narrow plains.
• Japan is an island country in the western Pacific
  Ocean.
• Is an archipelago group of islands
• Has 4 main islands and more than 3,000 smaller
  ones.
• Nearly 80 is covered in mountains.
• Mt. Fuji is a large mountain in Japan that is a
  volcano.

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Section 1 Land and Water

• Major rivers in China
• Chang River
• Deep enough for cargo ships to sail on.
• The Three Gorges Dam is built across it to
  produce more hydroelectric power and control
  flooding.
• Huang River
• runs through the North China Plain
• Named for the brownish-yellow soil called loess
  (very fertile) that it carries and deposits on
  the North China Plain.
• More than 100 million people live along its banks
  because it is one of the best farming areas in
  China.
• Floods during monsoons
• Dams are built to help control the flooding
• Both rivers begin in Tibet and flow east.

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Section 2 Climate and Vegetation

• East Asias climate is often described as varied.
• 7 different climate regions cover East Asia.
• 5 major climate regions
• Semiarid, arid, humid subtropical, humid
  continental, and highlands.
• East Asias climate is influenced by
• Monsoons a wind that changes directions with the
  change of seasons.

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Section 2 Climate and Vegetation

• Climate affects what plants grow in East Asia.
• Bamboo is a plant grown in southern China and
  Japan.
• Is reliable because of its ability to stand
  seasonal differences in temperatures and
  rainfall. It can also survive dry spells.

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Section 2 Climate and Vegetation

• Climate also affects the diet in East Asia.
• Rice grows best in warm weather.
• In Southern China rice is grown and eaten.
• Wheat grows best in cool weather.
• In Northern China people eat more things made
  from wheat, such as noodles.

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Section 3 Natural Resources

• Chinas Natural Resources
• Many mineral resources
• Coal, copper, tin, iron, and oil
• One of the largest coal suppliers in the world.
• Hydroelectric power (water)
• The Three Gorges Dam
• Located on the Chang River
• Built to produce more hydroelectric power
• Control flooding
• Aquaculture
• farming of fish, shellfish, and seaweed.

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Section 3 Natural Resources

• Using the Land
• Little Farmland
• Many mountains and plateaus
• East Asians farm every bit of land to feed its
  population.
• Farmers
• cut terraces a flat area in a hillside that
  allows more space to grow crops.
• use double cropping growing two or more crops on
  the same land, in the same season, and at the
  same time.

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Section 3 Natural Resources

• The Koreas
• North Korea
• developing country
• Industry is not strong weak economy
• Lacks modern technology
• Has mineral resources coal and iron
• South Korea
• Developed country
• Industry is strong strong economy
• Advanced in modern technology
• Lacks mineral resources coal and iron
• Imports the materials it needs to keep industry
  running

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Section 3 Natural Resources

• Japan
• Developed country
• Strong modern industry that produces many
  manufactured goods
• Lacks natural resources
• Imports a huge amount of minerals
• Rich economy