Physical geography Word Scramble

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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

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