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ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. SOUTHWEST ASIA. SOUTHWEST ASIA. Euphrates and Tigris Rivers are the region’s most important river Often called Fertile Crescent - the two river’s flooding produces great farm lands AKA – Mesopotamia – (land between rivers) First great empires Babylonians .

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ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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  1. ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

  2. SOUTHWEST ASIA

  3. SOUTHWEST ASIA • Euphrates and Tigris Rivers are the region’s most important river • Often called Fertile Crescent - the two river’s flooding produces great farm lands • AKA – Mesopotamia – (land between rivers) • First great empires • Babylonians

  4. SOUTHWEST ASIA PERSIAN GULF • Between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran • Known as the Arabian Gulf by the Arabs • 60% of all the Earth’s oil can be found here • Was once the world’s leading Pearl producer

  5. Arabian Peninsula • Largest Peninsula in Asia • Birth place of Islam • Contains many oil rich countries

  6. SOUTH ASIA PHYSICAL INDIAN • Subcontinent – Indian Plate has all characteristics of a continent, only smaller • Moves at a rate of two inches yearly • Himalayas are the largest mountain range in the world • Sanskrit word meaning “Home of Snow” • Language brought by Aryans

  7. SOUTH ASIA CLIMATE • Mostly tropical • Sari – tradition clothing made of single clothe ideal for India’s hot climate • Thar Desert – in the west and in Pakistan • Great India desert • Some Highland climate in the Himalayas

  8. SOUTH ASIA • Monsoons – seasonal winds • Largest influence on climate • Wet Summer winds bring flooding • Cold Winter winds bring drought

  9. East ASIA CHINA

  10. East Asia - china • Western 2/3 of China are uninhabitable due to landforms: • Deserts • Gobi • Taklimakan • Mountains • Himalayas • Plateaus of Tibet • Tian Shan • Hindu Kush

  11. GobiDESERT • Gobi – natural border of Mongolia and north China • “waterless place” • Caused by rain shadow of the Himalayas

  12. EAST ASIA – CHINA RIVERS • Yellow (Huang) • northern central • Empties into the Yellow Sea is yellow because of the surrounding soil • Called “China’s Sorrow” due to flooding • Yangtze (Chang) • central China • Most fertile • Site of Three Gorges Dam • Xi [shee] (Pearl) • southern most

  13. Giant Salamander Asian Wildlife • Panda Bear is considered a national treasure long-eared jerboa

  14. Rainbow Mountain

  15. Southeast Asia • Made up of two large peninsulas • Malaysian • Indochina • Many Archipelagos • Indonesia is the larges country with 17,508 islands • Largest is Sumatra • Philippines alone has 7,107 islands

  16. Southeast Asia • Climate mostly tropical • Also affected by monsoon winds in the southern region

  17. Southeast Asia

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