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C.J. Cox Instructor

World Regional Geography. Southeast Asia. C.J. Cox Instructor. Week #10. Southeast Asia. Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States. Ten Geographic Qualities. 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands

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C.J. Cox Instructor

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  1. World Regional Geography Southeast Asia C.J. Cox Instructor Week #10

  2. Southeast Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Regions & States

  3. Ten Geographic Qualities • 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands • 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies)

  4. Ten Geographic Qualities • 3. Powerful Foreign Influences • 4. Political instability & conflict • 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas

  5. Ten Geographic Qualities • 6. Poor Intraregional communications • 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies • 8. No dominant state although China & India have exerted powerful influence

  6. Ten Geographic Qualities • 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore • 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region

  7. Relative Location of Southeast Asia • Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean • North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan

  8. Southeast Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Regions & States

  9. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia • Plate Tectonics • Plateaus • Deserts • Mountains • Rivers • Lakes • Climates

  10. Physical Geography • Plate Tectonics • Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago

  11. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia • Rivers • Mekong River • Irriwaddy • Landforms • Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands • Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand

  12. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia • Climates • Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates Malaysia & Indonesia • Tropical Savanna Climate dominates the northern portion of SE Asia including Thailand, Cambodia & the southern part of Vietnam

  13. Climates of SouthEeast Asia

  14. Vegetation Map

  15. Southeast Asia • Ten Geographic Qualities • Physical Geography • Cultural Geography • Regions & States

  16. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Population • Languages • Religion • Agriculture • Economics • Historical Geography

  17. Population Concentrations

  18. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Population • 1/2 billion • concentrations on coasts & rivers • large concentration on the island of Java

  19. Southeast Asia • Population Characteristics • Birth rates 24/1000 • Death rates 8/1000 • Natural Increase 1.6. % • Infant Mortality 55/1000 • Doubling Time 42yrs • Pop <15 35% • Pop > 65 4%

  20. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Languages • Sino-Tibetan Languages of Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese dominate in the north • Malayo Polynesian Language Family dominates in the southern portion of SE Asia

  21. Religions

  22. Religions

  23. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Religion • Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia • Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia • Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia • Christianity in the Philippines

  24. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Religion • Religious landscapes

  25. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Agriculture • subsistence farming • intensive rice farming

  26. Agriculture in Southeast Asia

  27. Aqua farming in Thailand

  28. Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand

  29. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Economy • primary industries dominate • resource rich • oil in Indonesia & Brunei • manufacturing & labor source for the developed world

  30. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia • Economic Contrasts • Extreme poverty in Laos, Myranmar & Cambodia • Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia • Wealthy Singapore & Brunei

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