Physical Features of Asia • Asia- Land of the rising sun - East –seat of ancient civilizations of Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Persians • Largest continent on Earth • Lies almost entirely in the Northern Hemisphere • Occupies 1/3 of the land surface of the Earth
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Physical Features of Asia • Asia- Land of the rising sun - East –seat of ancient civilizations of Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Persians• Largest continent on Earth• Lies almost entirely in the Northern
Hemisphere• Occupies 1/3 of the land surface of the
Earth
• 5 regions are identified by a combination of landforms, water forms, climate, vegetation, language, ethnicity, cultural traditions
- Northeast Monsoon or dry monsoon > AMIHAN (Philippines)
4. ElevationThe higher the elevation the colder the
temperature.
- a direct manifestation of climate the plant life or the plant ground cover of a region, not the life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics
Ice (No vegetation)
North Pole
South Pole
No land
GrasslandNo land
Equator
Forest
Forest Grassland
Desert Grassland
tundraForest
Vegetation pattern
Types of Vegetation1.Tundra Vegetation
- “tundra” Russian word = “a marshy plain”
- Arctic tundra and Alpine tundra
Types of Vegetation2. Forest Vegetation
a.Taiga or boreal forest- Covers the whole northern hemisphere of the high latitude lands.
b. broadleaf forest- characterized by a temperate humid plant community.
c.the rainforest- occur inside the earth’s equatorial regions.
Taiga Forest
Broadleaf Forest
Rainforest
Types of Vegetation3. Grassland Vegetation- Known as “steppe” in Asia- Usually found at the highland areas of
Asia particularly in West Asia, China and North Asia
Types of Vegetation3. Desert Lands•Regions which receives an average of less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.•Evaporation is greater than rainfall•Found in the middle and lower latitudes Middle latitude > cold deserts Low latitude > hot deserts
Land forms- natural features of the earth's surface
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
-a place on Earth’s -a place on Earth’s surface that is much surface that is much higher than the land higher than the land around itaround it
Desert
archipelago
Tien Shan Karakorum
Kunlun
Pamir Mountains
Asian mountains contain great environmental diversity, which ranges from cold and hot deserts to tropical rainforests.
The Himalayas forms a continuous 2, 413 km mountain range along northern portion of the Indian subcontinent.
Mount Everest- world’s highest mountain- Lies in Nepal, Tibet border- High point reaches 8,848 meter- Leo Oracion, Erwin Emata and Romeo Garduce
(Filipino)
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
-an opening which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface
Desert
archipelago
Mount Fuji, Japan
Mount Apo, Philippines
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it
Desert
archipelago
Huang Ho river Valley
-rich deposit of yellow loess, provided alluvial farmlands for the Chinese.
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
PlainValley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
- broad, nearly level stretches of land that have no great changes in elevation
Desert
archipelago
Central Plain of Luzon
Asia’s plains and river valleys played an essential part in the growth and development of the early civilizations.
River valleys offered abundant yield providing early Asians an opportunity to live and prosper in these places.
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
- a piece of land that is surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus
Desert
archipelago
Arabian Peninsula
Korean Peninsula
Due to the strategic location of Asia’s Peninsulas, these landforms were developed as trading ports between nations.
Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong
Volcanoes
Peninsulas
Hills
Plains
Valleys
Islands
Mountains
Plateaus
any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers
ex. Sri Lanka, Singapore, Maldives
Deserts
archipelago
Borneo Island
Sumatra Island
Largest Islands of Asia
Other Islands in Asia are known for their scenic beauty such as:
Islands of Bali Indonesia Nicobarin Island in India
Phuket Island in Thailand
The islands of the continent serve as stepping places for traveling in wide oceans.
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
Hills are elevations of the earth's surface that have distinct summits, but are lower in elevation than mountains
Desert
archipelago
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
A plateau is a large highland area of fairly level land separated from surrounding land by steep slopes.
Desert
archipelago
Almost one fifth of the continent is usually made up of plateaus.
Highest plateaus of Asia are located in the Himalayas.
Tibetan Plateau, Highest Plateau in the world, 7,358 km high
Deccan Plateau Anatolian Plateau
Arabian Plateau
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
Desertarchipelago
- a hot dry place with - a hot dry place with little or no rainlittle or no rain
- - The hottest deserts of the world are found in Southwestern portion of the continent
Rub Al Khali or “empty quarter” of the Arabian Peninsula
-world’s largest expanse of sand that reaches 250,000 km.
- experience little or no rain at all within a year
Karakum or “black Sand, Turkmenistan
Kyzylkum or “Red Sand”,
Uzbekistan
Thar or Great Indian Desert, Western India and
Southwestern Pakistan
Dasht-e Kavir, Iran
Dasht-e Lut, Iran
Negev Desert, Israel
Salt Deserts
Volcano
Peninsula
Hill
Plain
Valley
Island
Mountain
Plateau
Desert
archipelago
sometimes called sometimes called an island group or an island group or island chain, is a island chain, is a chain, cluster or chain, cluster or collection of collection of islandsislands
INDONESIA- Largest archipelago in the world
JAPAN
Maldives
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.
Asia’s rivers are the lifeblood of its people
Yuan River, Largest river in China
Yangtze river, longest river in
Asia
Tigris and Euphrates River
Yangtze and Huangho River
Ganges River
Merkong River, “Mother of Waters”
Chao Phraya River Cagayan River
Ob River
Yenisei river
Lena River
Three Known Rivers of North Asia
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A lake is a body of water that is surrounded by land.
Asian lakes are marvelous sources of water and other resources
Dead Sea-Lowest point on earth
-Deepest lake in the world-Saltiest body of water on
earth
Caspian Sea, largest saltwater lake in the world.
Lake Baikal, contains 20% of the world’s surface freshwater
Tonle Sap, Largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A gulf is a portion of the ocean that penetrates land. -vary greatly in size, shape, and depth- generally larger and more deeply indented than bays
Asian gulfs had become important shipping channels among nations.
Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Thailand, provides profitable fishing grounds for the country.
Gulf of Aden, provides an outlet to the west for Persian Gulf oil.
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
BayGulf
Sea
River
Strait
A bay is a body of water partially surrounded by land. A bay is usually smaller and less enclosed than a gulf. The mouth of the bay, where meets the ocean or lake, is typically wider than that of a gulf.
Bay Of Bengal
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
the body of salt water covering approximately 70 percent of the earth's surface
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, the term refers to a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean.
Lake
Ocean
Waterfalls
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A waterfall is a river or other body of water's steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below. Waterfalls are also called cascades
Lake
Ocean
Waterfall
Bay
Gulf
Sea
River
Strait
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water