Geography%20of%20Asia

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Geography of Asia
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• Asia is a huge continent!
• It has great vegetation in both physical and
  cultural geography.
• Asia contains
• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• Numerous island groups
• __________________________________
• And vast expanses of land

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Russia

• __________________________________________________
  _____________________!

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Mountain Ranges

• Asias mountain ranges include
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___.
• The Eastern and Western Ghats of India.
• The Altai Mountains of Mongolia.

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The Grandest Feature of Asia

• Perhaps the grandest feature of Asia is the huge
  __________________.
• The Himalayas, which stretch 1,500 miles are the
  __________________________________________________
  ________________!

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Mt. Everest

• Nine of the worlds tallest mountains over 26,000
  feet in elevation are found in this range
  including _____________, the worlds tallest
  mountain, at almost __________ feet.

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• ___________________________________ __________,
  with the largest deposits in the region of Jammu
  and Kashmire.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _______________________________.

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Deserts

• Asias deserts are the ______________ and
  ___________ and the Takla Makan of China.

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Rivers

• Important rivers include
• The Huang He and the Chiang Jiang in China (some
  sources refer to these as the Yellow River and
  the Yangtze)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _____
• The Brahmaputra in China and India
• And the Mekong in Southeast Asia.

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• Asias rivers offer lush, fertile valleys where
  people have lived since __________________________
  _____!

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Asias Population

• The largest concentration of people in Asia lives
  in ____ and __________________, the most
  populated countries in the world.
• 1/5 of the worlds population lives in China, but
  most people live in the ______________________ of
  the country.

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Why Do Most People Live in the Eastern Half?

• ______________________________.
• ______________________________.
• _____________________________
  ______________________________.

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• Agriculture is important not only as a means of
  _____________ but also for ___________
  ___________________________________!

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• Many people throughout Asia live on
  __________________________________________________
  ______________________ and survive on subsistence
  agriculture which is often threatened by
  ______________ that plague Asia.

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The Monsoons

• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________________________.
• People in this region depend upon this seasonal
  rainfall for their crops and water supply.

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• Yet often they receive either too little or not
  enough, and ______________________ and
  ________________________ result.

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• Other parts of Asia have tropical, temperate, or
  ___________________________________.

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• Tropical climates have warm or hot temperatures
  year-round with fairly consistent amounts of
  rainfall.
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________.
• Places with arid climates receive little
  rainfall, though temperatures can vary.

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Archipelago

• Several archipelagoes lie off of Asias coasts
  including ________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ____________.