Geography of Asia

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Geography of Asia
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North Korea
Japan
South Korea
China
India
Vietnam
Indonesia
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Mekong River is one of the longest rivers in
  Southern Eastern Asia.
• It stretches almost 2,700 miles long, runs
  through western China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
  and Vietnam, before emptying in the South China
  Sea.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Ganges River Begins in the Himalayas, runs for
  1560 miles.
• Provides water to help support agriculture in
  this region.
• Hindus sacred/ holy river.

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Question 1

• The Mekong river delta is located in what country?

A. VIETNAM
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Indus River longest river in Pakistan, is more
  than 1,900 miles long.
• Empties into the Arabian Sea. Key water supply
  for Pakistan, making it the nations most
  important body of water.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Huang He Chinas second longest river, Yellow
  River, because of the color of the silt.
• Causes deadly and destructive flooding, and is
  therefore referred to as Chinas Sorrow.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Yangtze River is Chinas longest river,
  stretches almost 3,500 miles in length. Provides
  important resources to the country (i.e. oil,
  natural gas, copper, and iron ore).

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Indian Ocean
• Makes up 1/5th of all ocean water in the world.
• Stretches nearly 6,200 miles from the Southern
  tip of Africa to Australia.
• Touches Iran, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh in
  the north.
• Indonesia, and Australia to the east
• Antarctica to the south
• African and the Arabian peninsula to west
• Indian Ocean CONNECTS Southern East Asia to
  Europe and Africa

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Indian Ocean
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Question 2

• What is the longest river in Pakistan?

A. Indus River
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Bay of Bengal lies to the northeast of the
  Indian Ocean.
• Serves as a major fishery for the people in this
  region.
• Also provides ports for shipping and has been an
  important body of water for international trade.

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Bay of Bengal
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Yellow Sea lies between China and Korean
  Peninsula.
• Its name comes from the color of the silt-laden
  water that runs into it from some of the major
  rivers of China.
• Serves as an important trade route and is home to
  important seaports.

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Yellow Sea
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Question 3

• Where would you find the bay of Bengal?

A. Off the East coast of India
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• South China Sea bordered by the Taiwan Strait,
  Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, the Gulf of
  Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and the Asian
  mainland.
• Provides seafood for many of the people of East
  Asia.
• Monsoons blow across the sea , greatly affecting,
  life in this region.
• Also plays a crucial role in travel and trade.

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SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Sea of Japan borders Japan, Russia and the
  Koreas.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Land and Land Masses
• Himalayan Mountains
• Located in Southern and Eastern Asia, they are
  the highest mountains in the world.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Land and Land Masses
• Home to Mount Everest
• which is more than (29,035 feet) 5 miles high and
  is the tallest mountain on earth.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Land and Land Masses
• Himalayas stretch approximately 1,550 miles
  across parts of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan,
  China, and Myanmar.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Land and Land Masses
• Pamir Mountains Asian mountain range in which
  many other ranges branch out of, they are located
  where, Afghanistan, China, and Tajikistan meet.
  Pamir Mtns. are referred to as the Roof Top of
  the World because many of the peaks in this
  region reach almost four miles above sea level.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Deserts
• Taklimakan Desert
• The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a
  vast region of sand desert sitting in a
  depression between two high, rugged mountain
  ranges.
• the Taklimakan's rolling sand dunes stretch out
  over about 125,000 square miles in the Xinjiang
  region of China.
• The desert is hemmed in to the north by the
  snow-covered Tien Shan Mountain range and to the
  south by the rugged Kunlun Mountains.
• Desertification and shifting sand dunes are a
  major concern for the farmers and grazers who
  live at the desert's edge.

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Taklimakan Desert
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Gobi Desert
• Is a vast stretch of land roughly 1,000 miles
  long between 300 to 600 miles wide.
• The desert lies between the Altai and Hangayn
  mountains and stretches across parts of Mongolia
  and China.
• Much of the desert is made up of bare rock,
  rather than sand.
• Winters are harsh, January average low -40
  degrees Fahrenheit July average high 113
  degrees Fahrenheit.
• Severe dryness limits vegetation few plants and
  shrubs that grow.
• Few people live in the desert, those that do,
  tend to live as nomadic herders.

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Gobi Desert

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Korean Peninsula bordering China.
• A peninsula is a body of land surrounded on three
  sides by water.
• The peninsula is surrounded by the East China
  Sea, Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the Korean
  Strait and the Pacific Ocean.
• The peninsula is home to the nation of Korea. 684
  miles long.
• For most of its history Korea was a nation united
  by language and culture.
• WWII, Korea was divided into North and South
  Korea.
• South Korea usually has a warm and wet climate.
• North Korea tends to be colder and has less than
  half of the average rainfall in South Korea.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Korean Peninsula bordering China.
• A peninsula is a body of land surrounded on three
  sides by water.
• The peninsula is surrounded by the East China
  Sea, Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the Korean
  Strait and the Pacific Ocean.
• The peninsula is home to the nation of Korea. 684
  miles long.
• For most of its history Korea was a nation united
  by language and culture.
• WWII, Korea was divided into North and South
  Korea.
• South Korea usually has a warm and wet climate.
• North Korea tends to be colder and has less than
  half of the average rainfall in South Korea.

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Korean Peninsula
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• Question of the day
• How does the geography impact the population
  distribution of Southern and Eastern Asia?
• Take a few moments and develop an answer to this
  question on your paper.

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• India
• India is a subcontinent- which is a large
  landmass that is smaller than a continent
• India has a population of more than 1 billion
  people.
• Most of the population is located in cities,
  where they live in shacks and struggle to make a
  living. Most of the major cities face
  overpopulation
• The other parts of the population live in rural
  areas where they work as farmers and live with
  their extended family in simple houses

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• China-
• The majority of the population in China lives on
  the eastern coast.
• Most of the people live in small, rural villages
  and work as farmers.
• Chinas Urban, or city, population is also on the
  rise because of the growing number of industries
  and trading taking place. Most of these Urban
  cities are located along the coast or major
  rivers.

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• JAPAN-
• Has one of the worlds strongest fishing
  economies
• It is a densely populated country (smaller than
  California with almost four times the population)
• Most of these people live in crowded cities! For
  example Space is so limited in Tokyo that they
  have started building underground.
• Others live in rural villages where they work on
  farms.
• Problem with this is that most of the land in
  Japan is not arable. this is why the cities are
  so crowded!!!!! Most of Japans food is imported

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• Koreas-
• North Korea has large deposits of coal, iron, and
  other minerals making it very rich in resources
• South Korea and Japan are not so lucky
• Both Koreas use their land to generate
  electricity
• Most of the people in South and North Korea tend
  to live in cities
• South Korea most of those cities are located
  along the coast. Very few people live in the
  rugged interior.
• Life for people in the cities of North Korea is
  very different from that of people in South
  Korea. (NK No cars, no rights, electricity
  shortages)

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• Koreas-

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• Vietnam-
• Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of
  the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with
  the South China Sea along its entire coast.
• Vietnam is about twice the size of Arizona. The
  Mekong River delta lies in the south.
• Besides rice, key exports are coffee, tea,
  rubber, and fisheries products.
• The Government is also in the process of
  "equitizing" (e.g., transforming state
  enterprises into share holding companies and
  distributing a portion of the shares to
  management, workers and private foreign and
  domestic investors)

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Causes of Pollution

• Chinas and Indias economic and urban growth has
  caused serious issues for the environment.
• Seven of the ten most polluted cities are located
  in China.
• And Indias more than 1 billion people make it
  the second most populous country behind China
• Pollution-
• Caused by the increased number of cars and
  factories and also the burning of coal for
  electricity in China.

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Effects of Pollution

• Many nations in South, Southeast, and East Asia
  will now have to worry about the Asian Brown
  Cloud caused by too much pollution in the air.
• causes waste from factories, motor vehicles,
  forest fires, etc.
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Effects of Pollution

• It is a brown haze that can alter the paths of
  monsoons, reduce photosynthesis, increase human
  respiratory problems, and reduces solar radiation
  to the earths surface.

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Solutions to Population

• In China they have instituted the
  one-child-per-family policy of 1979.
• This states that any couple that has only one
  child will receive economic and educational
  benefits, while couples that have more than one
  child will have to pay fines.

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Pollution on the Yangtze

• Large amounts of waste are dumped in the Yangtze
  each year causing massive pollution.
• Much of this waste comes from mineral fertilizers
  used in farming, factory waste, and also
  shipping.
• Effects of pollution
• Contaminated drinking water

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Pollution on the Ganges

• The Ganges river, which is a holy river to many
  people that live in India, has also seen a
  tremendous rise in pollution over the last
  several years.
• Most of the pollution found in the Ganges comes
  from organic waste (sewage, trash, food, and
  human as well as animal remains)
• The increase in Indias population is the cause
  of all this waste the sewage systems are not up
  to date

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Effects of pollution on the Ganges

• Because the Ganges is a sacred river to many
  Hindus- and there is a sacred practice of
  depositing human remains.
• the river has become infected with many water-
  borne diseases (hepatitis, typhoid or cholera)
• causing much of the population to become
  infected with these diseases