East Asia
Where is East ASIA??
Countries of East Asia: China Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia 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
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
Named for the silt carried downstream in its flow. This silt is known as … Loess Where does the Yellow River get its name? Huang He “Yellow River”
ISLAND COUNTRIES JAPANTAIWAN
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