Physical Features of South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia Mt. Everest (29,035 ft. 8,850 m) H I M A L A Y A S Plateau of Tibet Deccan Plateau Taklimakan Desert T I A N S H A N A L T A Y M T S . G o b i D e s e r t K U N L U N S H A N Andaman Islands Java Celebes Timor Ceram Halmahera Mindanao Luzon Hainan Malay Peninsula Greater Sunda Islands Taiwan Kyushu Shikoku Honshu Hokkaido Mindoro Negros Samar Palawan New Guinea Flores Sumbawa Sumba Borneo Nicobar Islands Batu Islands Mentawai Islands Maldive Islands Sumatra R y u k y u I s l a n d s W e s t e r n G h a t s E a s t e r n G h a t s An n a m C o r d i l l e r a M a o k e M t s . Philippine Islands Bay of Bengal South China Sea Seaof Japan (East Sea) East China Sea Yellow Sea Gulf of Thailand Java Sea Banda Sea Celebes Sea Qinghai Hu Tonle Sap B r a h m aputra R. G a n g e s R . I n d u s R . A m u r R . H u a n g H e ( Y e llo w R.) Cha n g J i a n g Xi R . M e k o n g R . S a l w e e n A y e y a r w a d y R . Timor Sea Arafura Sea Sulu Sea P h i l i p p i n e S e a (Yangtze I N D I A N O C E A N PACIFIC OCEAN Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn 20°N 30°N 40°N 10°N 0° Equator 20°S 10°S Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn 20°N 30°N 40°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 150°E 160°E 60°E 70°E Mountain peak Feet Over 10,000 5,001–10,000 2,001–5,000 1,001–2,000 0–1,000 Below sea level Meters Over 3,050 1,526–3,050 611–1,525 306–610 0–305 Below sea level Elevation N S E W Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection 0 1,000 kilometers 0 1,000 miles 500 500 www.glscott.org