Physical Geography of Asia

By: Anna T. Basul

 What is geography?

Geo earth
Graphien To write

- Writing of the physical

description of the earth
5 Geographical
Themes
Theme 1: Location Two Types of
Location
 Where is It? •Absolute
 Why is It There?
•Relative
Absolute Location

 A specific place on the Earth’s surface

 Uses a grid system
 Latitude and longitude
 A global address
 Relative Location

 Where a place is
in relation to
another place
 Uses directional
words to describe
– Cardinal and
intermediate
directions
 Theme 2: Place
Physical Characteristics

 Land Features
 Mountains, plains,
and plateaus
 Climate
 Bodies of Water
Theme 2: Place
Human Characteristics

 People
 Culture
 Language
 Religion
 Buildings and
Landmarks
 Cities
Theme 3: Human
Environment Interaction

How People Interact With Their

Environment

People . . .
 Adapt to Their Environment
 Modify Their Environment
 Depend on Their Environment

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Theme 4: Movement

The Mobility of
 People
 Goods
 Ideas

How Places are

linked to one
another and the
world
 Theme 5: Regions

What Places Have in Common

 Political Regions
 Landform Regions
 Agricultural Regions
 Cultural Regions
The Asian continent . . .

• largest – 17 M sq miles; 1/3 of the

total land surface of the globe
• irregular shape but a huge portion
of the Asian land mass is very much
compact
• islands can also be found scattered
throughout the Asian continent
• Asia’s winding coastlines touch the
Indian and Pacific oceans as well as
many seas. Within Asia’s vast land
area are mountains, deserts, plains
and great rivers.
• Climate – diverse: cold highlands
and hot deserts in North & West Asia,
mild climates in the East & tropical
climates in the South.
Best known landforms and
bodies of water in Asia
Mt. Everest- the World’s tallest mountain
Gobi desert of Mongolia
Rub’ al Khali Desert : Empty Quarter
of Arabian Peninsula
Taklimakan Desert of China
Yangtze River in China
Ganges River of India
Indus River of Pakistan
Map of
Indus River
Huang He River (Yellow River)- China’s Sorrow
Some 10 million people drowned or died of famine & disease as
the result of the catastrophic floods (1887-1943).
Mekong River of Southeast Asia