Geography Of South East Asia Unit 1

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Geography Of South East AsiaUnit 1
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Ganges River Begins in the Himalayas.
• Located in India!
• --River helps grow crops
• Sacred and holy river for Hindus in India.
• VERY dirty river!!!!

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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 HUGE
  rise in pollution over the last several years.
• Most of the pollution found in the Ganges comes
  from 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 is infected with many diseases
  (hepatitis, typhoid or cholera)
• causing much of the population is infected with
  diseases

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Mekong River is located MOSTLY in Vietnam
• 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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Question 1

• The Mekong river delta is located in what country?

A. VIETNAM
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Indus River located in Pakistan, is more than
  1,900 miles long.
• Flows to Himalaya Mountains
• 1 water supply for Pakistan
• People rely on it for drinking farming

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

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

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

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

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Pollution on the Yangtze

• Large amounts of waste (fertilizer, factory
  waste) is 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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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 South 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 located off the east coast of
  India
• 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 Located directly below China and
  to the east of Vietnam
• Provides seafood for many of the people of East
  Asia.
• Monsoons blow across the sea , greatly affecting,
  life in this region.
• Also an IMPORTANT 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 the Korean Peninsula

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Himalayan Mountains
• Located in Southern and Eastern Asia, they are
  the highest mountains in the world
• Located in Northern India

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• 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

• Gobi Desert
• Is a vast stretch of land roughly 1,000 miles
  long between 300 to 600 miles wide.
• Located in Mongolia and Northern 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, and if they do are
  nomadic herders.

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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Taklimakan Desert
• The Taklimakan Desert located in WEST 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.
• At the lower left corner of the image is the
  Karakoram Mountain range, where the world's
  second highest mountain, K2, casts a blue shadow.
• Desertification and sand dunes are a major
  concern for the farmers and animals who live at
  the desert's edge.

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Taklimakan Desert
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Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

• Korean Peninsula made up of North South Korea
• 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 North and South 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 geography and pollution impact the
  population distribution (where people live) in
  South East Asia (India, China, Japan, and the
  Koreas)?

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Answers.

• 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
• Poverty is a HUGE problem
• 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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Answers.

• China-
• The majority of the population in China lives on
  the EAST coast near rivers or coastal areas for
  trade
• Most of the people in west China, are farmers
• Chinas cities population are growing because of
  industries and trade. Most of these Urban cities
  are located along the coast or major rivers.

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Answers.

• Koreas-
• North Korea has large deposits of coal, iron, and
  other minerals making it very rich in resources
• South Korea does not have many natural resources
• 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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Answers.

• Japan
• Japan is a small island that is heavily
  overpopulated, which causes POLLUTION problems!
• Space is limited!
• Has one of the worlds strongest fishing
  economies because it is an island
• 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 because there
  are so many mountains!

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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 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.
• 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 Pollution

• 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.
• Why will this policy help?
• Also, government programs have been set up to
  help combat pollution