East Asia
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Current News and Weather
Defining the Region
Landforms and Climate
Natural Hazards
Environmental Issues
Three Gorges Dam
For Next Class: Read Rest of Chapter 11
Reminder: Exam IV on Friday (5/1)!
Setting the Boundaries
Composed of China, Japan, South
Korea, North Korea, and Taiwan
Historically unified culture
Politically and ideologically divided
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East
Asia
Figure 11.1
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Climate
Figure 11.8
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How do East Asian climates compare with
Eastern North American climates?
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Climates of East Asia
Three main factors
influencing climates:
1. Himalayan Mts and ranges
of Central Asian mountain
massif
2. Siberian High Pressure
3. Tsushima Current (warm
waters of South/East China
Sea)
Climates compare very
favorably to eastern
North American
climates, with two
exceptions:
1. The C and D climates
extend much farther south
due to the influence of the
Siberian High
2. Coastal areas, especially in
the northeast, are much
drier (cold air does not hold
near the moisture that
warmer air does)
Japan’s Physical Environments
Snow in the Japanese Alps
Japanese Forests
Figure 11.10
Figure 11.11
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0LjD
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Environmental Issues – Overview
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Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Three Gorges
Figure 11.3
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Flooding on the North China
Plain
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Three Gorges Dam
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/1
1/17/world/1194817102562/living-withthe-three-gorges-dam.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discove
ry-atlas-china-revealed-three-gorgesdam.html
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of the Three
Gorges Dam? Why was China so determined to
proceed with the project?