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Physical geography
physical geography of asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| flows through central china and is Asia's longest river. provides hydroelectric power, irrigation water and transportaion for cargo ships | Yangtze river (chang jiang) |
| world's coldest desert; located in Mongolia | gobi |
| another name for the plateau of Tibet | roof of the world |
| the yellow river picks up large amounts of fertile, yellowish soil called what? | loess |
| where mount Everest the world's highest mountain is found | himalayas |
| where most china's main population centers | north china plain |
| how do china's rivers both help or hurt the country's people | the haung he or yellow river when flooded spreads layers of loess enriching the soil for farming. these flood also kill millions of people. |
| storms that bring high wind and rain | typhoons |
| green tropical island | tiawan |
| landlocked country | mongolia |
| world's largest plateau | plateau of tibet |
| two rivers that start high in the Himalayas | ganges river and indus river |
| the desert that stretches across southern Mongolia and northern china | gobi |
| chinese civilization began in this river valley | haung he(yellow river) |
| this seas lies between Vietnam and the Philippians and has violent monsoons and typhoons | south china sea |
| this river flows through china, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam | Mekong river |
| nine of the world's ten highest peaks are in this mountain range, including mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world | Himalayan mountains |
| this desert is located in the northwestern china between two mountain ranges | Taklamakan desert |
| this body of water lies between japan and the continent of Asia | sea of japan |
| this arm of the Indian ocean is tucked between India and Myanmar | bay of Bengal |
| Africa lies in the west of this ocean, and Australia lies in the east | Indian ocean |