Climate Vegetation
East Asia’s Climates
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Japan has similar extreme climates like the United States.
Much of East Asia has a variety of climates.
East Asia’s Climate Regions
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Eastern China has a humid subtropical climate – hot summers
and cool winters with plenty of rain.
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To the north is an area where the summers are warm and winters
are cold.
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South Korea and Japan are almost completely surrounded by water, summers
are a bit cooler and winters are a bit warmer than in other places at the same
latitude.
The northern interior of China is very dry, here temperatures can range from
very hot to very cold.
To the south, the Plateau of Tibet has a cool, dry, highland climate.
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Storms in Asia
Monsoons strongly affect the climates of East Asia. Monsoons are winds that
blow across the region at certain times of the year
Summer Monsoons
Winter Monsoons
 the winds blow towards the east.
* Pacific Ocean winds blow west toward
 The ones that begin in the interior
the Asia continent
of northern Asia are icy cold and
 Rain starts in June as a drizzle.(plum
very dry
rain)
 In parts of China , winds can
 The winds cause hot , humid rain in
produce dust storms that can
July
sometimes last for days.
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 Where they cross warm ocean
waters, such as the South China Sea
these monsoons pick up moisture an
later drop it as rain or snow.
 Typhoons are violent storms. They develop over the Pacific Ocean.
They can blow at a speed of 75 mph or more, which can cause major damage.
Typhoons in eastern Asia are very similar to the hurricanes that sometimes
strike the southern coastline of the United States during August and
September.
The Influences of Climate
 Climate influences many things in East Asia. It affects what people grow,
how often they can plant, and how easily they can harvest their fields.
Vegetation
 In eastern Asia much of the plant life, such as bamboo, which grows
unbelievably fast during the wet season, is strong enough to tolerate
seasonal differences in temperature and rainfall.
 Shrubs and many small flowering plants in the deserts of China spring up
rapidly after summer rains and then disappears when dry weather returns.
 Deciduous trees are leaf-shedding trees that change with the weather and
are found on the hillsides of Korea and Japan.
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The Life of the People
Life in East Asia is greatly affected by climate. The region around the Huang
He, or Yellow River, is a good example. The river is named for the brownish
yellow loess that gets blown around by the desert winds and then picked up by
the river and deposited to the east on the North China Plain. This plain is one
of the best farming areas in China.
The Huang He also floods. To get around that fact, a system of dams helps
control the waters; but the river still floods over the banks because of
monsoons, which has given it the name “China’s Sorrow”. It is considered
both a blessing and a curse to farmers living near it.