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Title: East and Southeast Asia Physical Geography


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East and Southeast Asia Physical Geography
  • Minich- World Geography

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East Asia Physical Geography
  • East Asia
  • China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan
    and Taiwan
  • Himalayas
  • Natural Barrier
  • Tibetan Plateau (Southwest)
  • Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate
  • High altitude, ice, snow mountainous
  • Sparsely populated

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East Asia Physical Geography
  • Takla Makan Gobi Deserts
  • Rain Shadow
  • Eastern China
  • Plains and Basins
  • River Systems Huang He (Yellow) North, Yangzi
    (Chang) Central, Xi Jiang South
  • Fertile alluvial soil
  • Densely populated
  • Hainan Taiwan Tropical

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East Asia Physical Geography
  • North Korea
  • Mountainous, harsh climate (20 arable)
  • Sparsely populated
  • One crop (short growing season)
  • South Korea
  • Densely populated
  • Mild climate, mountains and plains (60 arable)
  • Multiple crops (longer growing season)
  • Japan
  • Archipelago, lack of natural resources,
    Mountainous
  • Densely populated, urban areas
  • Inland Sea

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Southeast Asia Physical Geography
  • Mainland Southeast Asia
  • Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Indochina Peninsula (Indian Ocean and South China
    Sea)
  • Mountainous, high plateaus
  • Fertile valleys run north to south (Irrawaddy and
    Mekong rivers)
  • Monsoon

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Southeast Asia Physical Geography
  • Island Southeast Asia
  • Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore,
    Philippines, East Timor
  • Series of Archipelagos, complicated water rights
  • Indonesia 13,500
  • Philippines 7,000
  • Fertile Soil
  • Large populations
  • Pacific Ring of Fire

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