World Regional Geography
April 7, 2010
Reading:
Marston Chapter 8 pages
378-391, 393-410
(East Asia)
Goode’s World Atlas
pages 189-1999, 201-213
(East, Southeast,
and South Asia)
Week of 4/12:
Map Quiz #4: Asia
The “GREEN Wall of China”
Inner Mongolia, China
Political Boundaries
Regional Boundaries
Russia
Russia
Asia
1. East Asia
a.China
2. Southeast Asia
3. South Asia
a.India
Physical Features: Satellite
Physical Features: Topography
Features to Remember:
•Mountains
•Himalayas
•Tien Shan
•Plateaus
•Himalayas
•Tien Shan
•Islands
•Himalayas
•Tien Shan
Features to Remember
• Mountains
• Himalayas
• Pamir
• Tien Shan
• Plateaus
• Tibetan
• Deccan
• Deserts
• Gobi
• Taklamakan
• Rivers
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Ganges
Indus
Mekong
Yangtze
Yellow (Huang He)
•Islands
•Indonesia
•Borneo (shared)
•Sumatra
•Java
•New Guinea (western)
•Japan
•Hokkaido
•Honshu
•Shikoku
•Kyushu
•Philippines
•Luzon
•China
•Hainan
•Taiwan
•Sri Lanka
Asian Rivers
Indus and Ganges Rivers
Huang He (Yellow) River
Yangtze River
Mekong River
The Himalayas
Rainfall
Temperature
January
July
• Significant winter variations (North-South).
• Larger seasonal variations to the north, very little
variation in SE Asia / Indonesia.
• High altitude regions: lower average temperatures.
Climate
Vegetation
Vegetation
Land Use
Population Density