Physical Features of Asia

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1. Physical Features of ASIA

2. Geography Comes from a Greek words GEO – Earth GRAPHIEN –To write or describe

3. Continents Countries Regions Water Forms Land Forms Way of Life of the the People in the area

4. Change of Paradigm One that serves as a pattern or model. Paradigm Paradigm Shift

5. Change of Paradigm

6. Geocentric

7. The world before…

8. The Pamirs

9. Pacific Ring of Fire

10. Asia’s Deserts Rub-al-Khali Saudi Arabia Empty Quarter

11. Garaqum -Black Sand Turkmenistan

12. Qyzlkum or Red Desert Uzbekistan

13. Gobi Desert Mongolia Coldest

14. Plateaus …also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. Deccan Plateau - India

15. A natolia - Turkey Iranian Plateau Arabian Plateau

16. Rivers and Lakes Yellow River / Huang Ho Yangtze River Yuan River CHINA

17. YELLOW RIVER

18. IRAQ TIGRIS RIVER EUPRATES RIVER

19. INDUS RIVER BHAMAPUTRA GANGES RIVER

20. Mekong River (South East Asia)

21. LAKES Dead Sea - Israel/Palestine Deepest lake in the world

22. Caspian Sea Largest in the World

23. Lake Baikal Oldest and Deepest in the World Russia

24. Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Artic Ocean

25. Boundaries/Regions

26. Boundaries/Regions? 1. Culture 2. Location What determines…

27. Egypt Culturally: Asian Geographically: Africa

28. Natural Resources and Basic Information about CHINA

29. CHINA MAINLAND CHINA HONGKONG TAIWAN MACAU Mongolia Tibet

30. CHINA: The Middle Kingdom Zhongguo

31. Forbidden Kingdom -Beijing

32. Most populous country One child policy

33. Distribution of Chinese population Pattern?

34. Loess : Sediments

35. Huang Ho River China’s Sorrow

36. Agriculture in China Rice 2. Vegetables 3. Cotton 4. Tea 5. Wheat 6. Corn 7. Goat 8. Pig 9. Sheeps

37. What will be the future for this? Precarious Uncertain Danger

38. 10% Forest Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

39. Minerals in China Iron Ore Steel

40. Fushun Province Coal Electricity Heat

41. Sufficient in oil - Szechwan

42. Peony: Symbol of wealth and nobleness

43. Hydropower resources: 680 million kilowatts

44. Taiwan : Formosa

45. Taiwan Chinese Taipei

46. Hong Kong

47. Hong Kong Lease to Great Britain in 1898 for a period of 99 years British Colony since 1843. Returned to China in 1997

48. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

49. Hong Kong (Fragrant Harbor) Hilly Mountanous Steep slopes

50. Scarcity of Land: Reclamation

51. Poor in Natural Resources (except minerals) but they develop their INDUSTRIES: textiles, plastics and technology Tourism Import Raw Materials From other countries

52. Macau - China

53. Macau, China Macau was the first European base in the Far East. Macau Special Administrative Region of China – Dec. 20, 1999 -One country, two systems (China’s socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau. 1987) -Macau will have a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign And defense affairs for the next 50 years.

54. Macau

55. Macau : Flat terrain, reclamation, no arable land.

56. Fishing Industry

57. Macau’s economy has remained one of the most open in the world. Tourism and liberalization of gaming industry.

58. Mongolia : Landlocked country

59. Japan Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun The Japanese call their country: NIPPON “SUN ORIGIN

60. 4 MAIN ISLANDS - JAPAN SOUTH: Humid Sub-Tropical North: Humid Continental

61. Agriculture Not suitable for Agriculture: too mountianous or not suitable for farming 80% Rice, Potatoes, Tea

62. Agriculture

63. Fisheries

64. Economic Miracle in 1945 Japan became one of the World’s leading industrial superpower

65. Assignment: Kyoto Protocol Background Objectives What countries considered to be the Top-10 emitters.