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Asia Physical Geo
physical geography of Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is the Kara Kum? | North of the Elburz mountains in Southwest Asia |
| What is a plateau? | an area of highland consisting of flat plain |
| What is an archipelago? | a group of islands |
| What are tectonic plates? | large slabs of rock under the land and when the make contact with each other landforms are created |
| What are steppes? | grasslands, Kirghiz steppe is located in Northern Kazakhstan |
| What is an peninsula? | an area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
| What is an alluvial? | largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time |
| Where is the Himalayan Mountains? | on the border between India and China |
| Where is the Indo Gangetic Plain? | below the Himalayans in India |
| Where is the Plateau of Tibet? | north of the Himalayans in China |
| Where are the North China Plains? | in North China bordering the East China Sea |
| Where are the Caucasus Mountains? | bordering the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea above the Anatolian penninsula |
| Where is the Honshu? | main island of Japan |
| Where is the Gobi Desert? | north of the NCP |
| Where is the Hindu Kush? | Northwest of the Himalayans, connected to the Himalayans |
| Where is the Rub Al Khali and what is significant about it? | near Yemen and Omen, is the largest all sand desert |
| Where is the Arabian peninsula? | in Southwest asia |
| Where is the Mediterranean Sea? | next to the arabian penninsula |
| Where is the Syrian Desert? | north Saudi Arabia |
| Describe Southwest Asia. | large cities, coast lines, deserts, sand, cities on the coast, beach, herding |
| Describe Central Asia. | mountainous, herding livestock, valleys, cities, tents, rural, lake, nomadic people |
| Describe South Asia. | pollutioned water which causes sickness, rivers, farmable land, flat, highly populated, big cities, small villages |
| Describe East Asia. | flat land, cities, farming, trees, livestock, harvesting, Great Wall of China, pagodas, highly populated, partly urban, partly rural |
| Describe Southeast Asia. | small cities, forests, deforestation, mountains and valleys, rivers in valleys, farming, pollution |
| How does the Huang He (Yellow River) effect the people in Asia? | carries silt, very fertile to NCP, floods a lot, "China Sorrows", "Yellow River" |
| How does the Ganges river effect the people of Asia? | heavily populated, big cities, fishing, fertile soil, trading, Holy River to Hindus |
| How does the Tigris river effect the people of Asia? | first civilization was found here after Africa, hydroelectricity, water to crops, irrigation |
| How does the Euphrates river effect the people of Asia? | first civilization was found here after Africa, hydroelectricity, water to crops, irragaiton |
| How does the Indus river effect the people of Asia? | highly populated, shallow |
| How does the Amu Darya effect the people of Asia? | fishing, irrigation, cotton farming, ends in Aral sea |
| How does the Syr Darya effect the people of Asia? | fishing, irrigation, cotton farming, ends in Aral sea |
| How does the Mekong river effect the people of Asia? | natural resources, fishing, trade, market places |
| What are some physical geography problems that affect Asia? | mountains, water, desert |
| Think of some products that would sell good in certain regions. |
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