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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. EAST ASIA. INCLUDES: China Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan. AUSTRALIA. Island Nation Continent Neighbor with New Zealand. OCEANIA. Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia. PLATEAUS, Rivers, Deserts. Plateau of Tibet “Roof of the World”

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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  1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

  2. EAST ASIA • INCLUDES: • China • Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan

  3. AUSTRALIA • Island • Nation • Continent • Neighbor with New Zealand

  4. OCEANIA • Melanesia • Micronesia • Polynesia

  5. PLATEAUS, Rivers, Deserts • Plateau of Tibet • “Roof of the World” • Highest plateau on Earth • Covers one fourth of China

  6. Plateaus, RIVERS, Deserts • Huang He (Yellow) River • Named for fine yellow silt • Floods often • Chang Jiang River • Over 3,400 miles long • Longest river in China • Xi Jiang River • Southernmost river in China

  7. Plateaus, Rivers, DESERTS • Taklimakan Desert • “who goes in, does not come out” • One of the worlds largest sandy deserts • Gobi Desert • “waterless place” • Temperatures are extreme (from -40 to 113 degrees)

  8. JAPAN • Four main islands: • Hokkaido • Honshu (largest) • Shikoku • Kyushu

  9. TECTONIC PLATES • Create mountains • Cause earthquakes • Many volcanoes • Mt. Fuji • Tallest mountain in Japan • Active volcano

  10. VOCABULARY • Ring of Fire • An area of volcanic activity along the borders of the Pacific Ocean • Typhoon • A hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean

  11. NORTH KOREA • GEOGRAPHY • Mountains • Valleys • RIVERS • Yalu River • Tumen River

  12. SOUTH KOREA • GEOGRAPHY • Mountains • Coastal plains • River valleys • RIVERS • Han River • Kum River • Naktong River

  13. AUSTRALIA • Smallest continent • “Outback” • The vast, flat plain that extends across most of central Australia • Flattest continent • Dry—Deserts cover one third of country • Great Barrier Reef • World’s largest coral reef system

  14. PACIFIC ISLANDS • NEW ZEALAND • Large islands about 1,000 miles east of Australia • PACIFIC ISLANDS • 20,000 islands of Oceania • Three types • Continental islands • Part of Earth’s crust • High oceanic islands • Formed by volcanic activity • Low oceanic islands • Formed from coral reefs

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