Land area

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17 million square miles about 30% of the worlds total land area

Population
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3.7 billion people about 60% of the world's total population

Con ept of !!"sia#

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$i%en b& 'ree(s in )th entur& *.C. !!"sia minor# %ersus !!"sia ma+or#

,i%e ma+or realms

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-ast "sia

China. /on$olia. 0orth 1orea. 2outh 1orea. and 3apan

2outheast "sia

/&anmar 4formerl& (nown as *urma5. 6hailand. Cambodia. Laos. 7ietnam. /ala&sia. 2in$apore. 8ndonesia. *runei. and the Philippines

2outh "sia

8ndia. *an$ladesh. Pa(istan. 2ri Lan(a. /aldi%es. 0epal. and *hutan

2outhwest "sia

"f$hanistan. 8ran. 8raq. 6ur(e&. C&prus. "rmenia. "9erbai+an. 'eor$ia. 2&ria. Lebanon. 8srael. 3ordan. 2audi "rabia. :emen. ;man. <nited "rab -mirates. =atar. *ahrain. and 1uwait

>ussian "sia and Central "sia

>ussia. 1a9a(hstan. 1&r$&9stan. 6a+i(istan. 6ur(menistan. <9be(istan

;ther di%isions
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ulturall& "sian

-ast "sia. 2outheast "sia. and 2outh "sia

Pa ifi "sia

-ast "sia and 2outheast "sia

0atural en%ironment
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6he ?imala&as /ountains and 6ibetan Plateau >i%ers and plains

the 6i$ris. the -uphrates. and /esopotamia the 'an$es and the 8ndus >i%er the :an$t9e 4Chan$+ian$. or !!Lon$ >i%er#5 and ?uan$he 4!!:ellow >i%er#5

radles of Chinese i%ili9ation

6he hi$hest and lowest points on earth

=umulan$ma Pea( 4/ount -%erest5 @ead 2ea

0atural disasters

flood and t&phoons !!>in$ of ,ire#A earthqua(es and %ol ani eruptions