GUIDE TO STUDENT HANDOUT © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute Monsoon Asia 1 Challenge 1: Learning About the Physical Geography of Monsoon Asia Mount Everest Ganges River Sea of Japan Plateau of Tibet Malay Peninsula Huang He (Yellow River) Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Bhillippine Sea Gobi Desert Decca Plateau Bay of Bengal Java Malay Peninsula Deccan Plateau Gobi Desert Taklamakan Desert Plateau of Tibet Himalayas Huang He (Yellow River) Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Philippine Sea Mekong River Sea of Japan (East Sea) Mount Everest Ganges River Tropic of Capricorn 20°N 30°N 40°N 50°N 60°N 10°N 0° Equator 20°S 10°S Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn 20°N 30°N 40°N 50°N 10°N 0° Equator 20°S 30°S 10°S 30°S 80°E 70°E 90°E 100°E 110°E 120°E 130°E 140°E 130°E 140°E 150°E 150°E 160°E 120°E 110°E 100°E 90°E 80°E 70°E 60°E 60°E N S E W Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection 0 1,000 kilometers 0 1,000 miles 500 500 INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN