3. What are the major geographic features of North, Central, and East Asia? Notes #2

4. Russia makes up North Asia, bordered by the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.
Russia’s population: 142,905,000

5. Moscow, Russia (population: 11,514,300)

6. North Asia is made up of plains in the north and mountains in the south.

7. The largest nations in Central Asia are Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
COUNTRY
POPULATION
UZBEKISTAN
27,606,000
KAZAKHSTAN
16,004,000
TAJIKISTAN
7,349,000
KRYGYZSTAN
5,482,000

8. Almaty, Kazakhstan (population: 1,421,800)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(population: 2,200,000)

9. Most of Central Asia is made up of deserts and mountains.

10. The largest nations in East Asia are China, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea.
COUNTRY
POPULATION
CHINA
1,339,724,000
JAPAN
127,950,000
SOUTH KOREA
48,988,000
NORTH KOREA
24,346,000
TAIWAN
23,174,000

11. Shanghai, China (population: 17,830,000)

12. Beijing, China (population: 12,950,000)

13. Tokyo, Japan (population: 8,949,400)

14. Seoul, South Korea (population: 9,794,300)

15. The climate of East Asia is cold during the winter and warm during the summer.

16. Gobi Desert (area of 500,000 miles)
Geographic features of East Asia include: deserts, mountains, rivers, and islands.
Japanese archipelago
(6,852 islands)
Gobi Desert (area of 500,000 miles)

17. Yellow River (length of 3,395 miles)
The Gobi Desert and the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers are located in East Asia.
Yellow River (length of 3,395 miles)

18. East Asian nations are bordered by the Pacific Ocean.