East Asia

Where is East ASIA?? http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm

Check your map of East Asia

Countries of East Asia: China North Korea Japan Mongolia South Korea Taiwan

Major Physical Features: Kunlun Mountains Gobi Desert Tibetan Plateau “Ring of Fire”

KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

GOBI DESERT

TIBETAN PLATEAU “Roof of the World” Average Elevation - 16,400 ft World’s highest and biggest plateau TIBETAN PLATEAU “Roof of the World”

RING OF FIRE

RIVERS YANGTZE RIVER(CHANG JIANG) ASIA’S LONGEST RIVER CHANG JIANG MEANS “LONG RIVER” MAJOR TRADE ROUTE

Three Gorges Dam

world’s largest hydro-electric power station completed October 2008 construction cost – 39 billion dollars

YELLOW RIVER(HUANG HE) KNOWN AS “CHINA’S SORROW” FLOODS FREQUENTLY

Where does the Yellow River Huang He “Yellow River” Where does the Yellow River get its name? Named for the silt carried downstream in its flow. This silt is known as … Loess

ISLAND COUNTRIES JAPAN TAIWAN

CLIMATE REGIONS SUBARCTIC HIGHLAND HUMID CONTINENTAL HUMID SUBTROPICAL SEMIARID DESERT TROPICAL WET

NATURAL HAZARDS TYPHOONS – A TROPICAL STORM LIKE A HURRICANE THAT OCCURS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

VOLCANOES MOUNT FUJI – JAPAN

EARTHQUAKES DUE TO BEING PART OF THE RING OF FIRE

IMAGES OF KOBE EARTHQUAKE, JANUARY 1995

                                    

Tsunami – a huge wave of great destructive power

History: Dynasties in China and Japan Communism in China – Mao Zedong Dynasty – series of rulers from the same family

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS Religious Diversity: Hinduism Islam Buddhism Christianity Taoism Shinto Confucianism

Cultural Landscape Great Wall of China

Pagodas

Temples

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