3/20/17 1 What economic activity may occur here? • Fishing & tourism Southeast Asia Physical Geography • Southeast Asia has two kinds of countries mainland & island. • Indonesia & the Philippines areislands that were once connected by land bridges (a strip of land connecting two land masses). • Glaciers that melted of 6,000 years ago caused the sea level to rise and those land bridges are now under water. Mainland Countries • Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. • People in these countries rely on the regions rivers for transportation, food, drinking water, and irrigation. • They most live in small villages in the mountains or near waterways. Mainland Countries • Generally has a tropical climate. • Temperatures vary based on elevation and distance from ocean. • Receive rainfall from May to September, the wet monsoon season. • Typhoons often strike during the wet season. • The rest of the year is the dry monsoon season. Myanmar (Burma) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam
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Whateconomicactivity may occurhere?
• Fishing&tourism
Southeast Asia
Physical Geography
• Southeast Asia hastwo kindsofcountriesmainland&island.
• Indonesia &the Philippinesareislandsthatwere once connected bylandbridges (a stripoflandconnecting twolandmasses).
• Made upofthousandsofislands.• Largest populationintheregion• More volcanoes than anyother country intheworld.
Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
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ThePhilippines
• Most peoplelive onlowlandplains.• Soilmade fertile byvolcaniceruptions.• Manila- the capital isextremely large.• Outside ofManila,most people liveinsmallrural settlements.
• Depend onfishingandrice farming.
Manila, Philippines Philippines
Philippines Review Questions
1. How doesthe climate ofthe two part ofSoutheast Asia differ?
2. Why are the rivers sosignificant inthisregion?
3. What isthelongest river inthisregion?4. What isminedinthemountainsonthe
Malay peninsula?
Review Questions
5.Rainforest are being cutdowntoplanfarmsofwhat kindoftrees?
6.What istheRingofFire?7.Earthquakes cancause what other naturaldisaster inthisregion?