EAST ASIA Ch 26.1. China= 80% of E. Asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl LAND & SEA.

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EAST ASIA Ch 26.1

China= 80% of E. Asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl LAND & SEA

Mongolia= most sparse, <1% of China’s pop. Yurt

Korean Peninsula S of Manchurian Plain & Changbai Mtns. b/w Sea of Japan & Yellow Sea

Archipelago= chain of islands (Japan, Phil.)

Plate Tectonics: part of Ring of Fire 2008 EQ in China 2009 VE in Philippines

Tsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake, or any large displacement of water. Gets higher as approaches land Indonesia, 2004

Mount Fuji Tallest volc. in Japan, on Honshu (now dormant) Important spiritual symbol  good luck if see in dream

Plateau of Tibet: highest plateau region, 15,000 ft (SW China)

Tarim Basin: vast wasteland, mostly desert & salt marshes

Gobi Desert: S. Mong/N China; lots of dust storms, COLD

Huang He: aka Yellow River b/c of loess, “China’s Sorrow”  catastrophic floods

Yangtze River: longest in Asia (3 rd in world) Only habitat for Yangtze River Dolphin ½ of China’s crops grown in YR basin

Major transportation route: Shanghai

Three Gorges Dam

Xi River delta: fastest growing in China Guangzhou Hong Kong

Grand Canal: longest artificial waterway in world, began in 400 BCE!

Feng Shui: harmonizing buildings/structures w/ environment (real estate, grave sites, interior design

Natural Resources China: widest variety, most oil and coal Mongolia/Koreas: coal Taiwan: minimal, used up

China: 10% arable (but still most in size) Taiwan/SK: 25% Mongolia: 1% China: “rice bowl” in south, wheat in north

SK has to alter crops to match climate and preserve land: rice & barley

Japan & Mongolia are limited by mountains and deserts

Fishing: almost all are coastal  seafood exports; SK, China, Taiwan lead world China Taiwan

Southeast Asia Ch 29.1

Plates uplift crust, create volcanic islands, cordilleras, etc.

Malay Pen. Indochina Pen.

Borneo

Indonesia: 13,500 islands (6,000 names, 1,000 inhabited)

East Timor: UN voted independence in 1999  finalized in year anniv. celebration ET & Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia

Java: most pop. island in world, 17/100 Indonesia’s active volcanoes - center of Indo. social, political, eco. Life - Jakarta (capital) here

Krakatau Anak Krakatau- 2007

Mt. Pinatubo Earthquakes began 7/90 Small eruptions 4/91 Magma eruptions 6/91 Climax 6/15/91

Mt. Pinatubo Mt. Pinatubo August, 1991…over SOUTH AMERICA Most powerful eruption of 20 th century Regular clouds Pinatubo aerosol clouds

Mekong River: starts in China, borders/flows thru 4 countries  resource conflicts

Lots of fossil fuels (coal, oil, nat. gas) Vietnam, Brunei, & Indonesia have oil –Indo. Formerly a member of OPEC

Myanmar/Burma: military junta has not utilized resources 1988 protests in Rangoon Thein Sein, elected March 2011, first civilian president

Flora brings in big bucks Thailand: orchids Malaysia: rubber Philippines: hardwoods Indonesia: plywood

All nations, but Laos, are coastal/islands  FISHING IS HUGE!! Burma Cambodia