QUESEA, GABRIEL A.
GRADE 7B
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND
NATURAL RESOURCES OF
EAST ASIA
East Asia covers about 28% of the
Asian continent. Being one of the most
JAPAN
populated places in the world, more than
1.5 billion people, about 38% of the
population of Asia or 22% of all the people
in the world live in East Asia. The region
comprises high mountains, rugged
highlands, long and immense rivers,
desolate deserts, bountiful deltas and
floodplains, miles of coastlines and various
islands.
SOUTH KOREA
CHINA
 China is consisting of China Proper
and Greater China.
 It has “Eighteen Provinces”
 It experiences wide range of climate.
 Vital producer and distributor of in-
demand of natural resources
 Han Chinese
TAIWAN
 An island separated from
mainland China by the Taiwan
strait.
 Formosa, a province of China.
 11 percent of the land surface.
 Produces most of the sought-after
fruits in Asia.
 Japan is made up of four islands:
Kyushu, Hokkaido, Shikoku,
Honshu.
 The most vital in these resources
are titanium and sheet mica, used
in the production of electronic and
electrical equipment.
 South of the 38th parallel of the
Korean peninsula.
 The country has only limited
resources, particularly that of
mineral reserves, which are very
important for industrialization.
 Mongolia is end owned with
untapped mineral resources of
copper, gold, uranium, coal, iron,
ores and more.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL
FEATURES AND NATURAL
RESOURCES OF EAST ASIA TO:
 AGRICULTURE
 The people of this region use
the water of rivers for
irrigating their lands.
 China’s great rivers flow from
west to east.
 Rice is grown on 29% of the
cultivated area in the
southern part of China.
 Taiwan’s agriculture now
relies heavily on the
exportation of fruits such as
lychees, apples, guava and
bananas. Taiwan is now a
world leader in aquaculture.
 Rice is likewise the most
important food product of
Japan.
 The Japanese have increased
the natural productivity of
their arable lands through
chemical fertilizer.
 The hilly portion of the
country produces tea,
vegetables and fruits.
 South Korea’s most fertile
plains are found at the
southwestern portion of the
land.
 Because of the need for
arable lands, the state
encourages land reclamation
schemes, irrigation systems,
the use of various and
improved grains and the
extensive use of fertilizers.
 While rice is the main food
crop of the country, barely,
wheat, soybeans, tobacco
and potatoes are also
produced.
 Mongolia has less than 1
percent of arable land, with
only 8-10 percent forest and
vast steppes and desert
lands.
 Due to various land forms
and climate of unfixed timing
of rain and frost, the kind
and amount of Mongolia’s
yield varies.
 The generally cold
occasionally challenge the
Mongolians particularly
 during the winter seasons
usually make herding
difficult.
 ECONOMY
 The wealth of Asia differs
due to its vast size, differing
cultures and environments.
 Asian wealth measured by
Gross Domestic Product per
capita.
 Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) is the market value of
all final goods and services
produced within a country in
a given period of time.
 China claims self-sufficiency
in oil production.
 Also home to multitude of
mineral resources some of
which are antimony, zinc,
petroleum, molybdenum,
mercury and uranium.
 China is fifth largest producer
of oil and natural gas in the
world.
 Taiwan had developed its
well-known wind energy
resources.
 Japan was the first to
experience an “economic
miracle”
 South Korea has made rapid
industrial growth.
 70% of North Korea’s GNP
comes from its industry and
mining. This country is the
leading producer of graphite,
tungsten, and magnesite.
 Mining and manufacturing
had been alternative
occupations for the people of
Mongolia.
 Oil is produced in areas near
the Gobi desert.
 CULTURE AND SHELTER
 China is composed of various
people behaviors with
different dwellings.
 In the Northern plain of
China the peasants are found
living in crowded villages and
houses of mud or adobe.
 Noodles and cabbage are the
usual food of the people
living in these areas.
 Sichuan is the region that
yields almost all kinds of
 produce needed by its
population.
 In Mongolia, severe climate
on the high-elevated
plateaus make herders out of
its people.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND
NATURAL RESOURCES OF
SOUTH ASIA
 South Asia is an area of vast
diversity, from mountains to
deserts, plains to plateaus
rainforest lands and tropical
lands.
 The region occupies 1.73
million sq. m. of the asian
continent.
INDIA
 The mountain ranges of the
Hindu Kush and the
Himalayas.
 The Great Indo-Gangetic
PAKISTAN
plains.
 Gers are round tents that can
be folded and carried by the
herders.
 Japanese have various
lifestyles depending on the
place where they live and
their age or generation.
 The Indus, Ganges , and
Brahmaputra.
 Fertile plain is a farming
region thet makes it the
Heartland of India
 Southward of the
subcontinent is the Indian
peninsula with Deccan
plateau.
 Rivers water the eastern and
southern plains through the
Bay of Bengal.
 A valuable scouce of teak and
sandalwood.
 India’s mammals have grown
scarcer.
 Supply of iron, coal, and
hydroelectric power.
  Southwestern Baluchistan
plateau.
 Townlands of India
 River and its tributaries.
 Support the farmlands.
 Bangladesh’s
 “Golden Fibre”
 Second most important fibre
 Jute
 Lifeline of Bangladesh
 Tropical climate
 Mangrove forest, Village
groves
 Mango, bananas, coconut,
and jackfruit, oil, peat, natural
gas, coal, and limestone
 Mineral resources
NEPAL
 Himalayan mountain
 World’s highest peak – Mt. Everest
 Swampy places
 Deciduous forests
SRI LANKA
 Largely flat and rolling
 100 rivers
 Rice and tea
 Fruits, vegetables, cocoa, cinnamon,
Citronella spices, and nuts, timber
and fuel
 40% of the country’s land area.
MALDIVES
 1,190 coral islands
 Southwestern
 Indian Ocean
 Rich water resources and
remarkable beauty.
 Fishing and tourism industries.
BHUTAN
 Small kingdom in the eastern
Himalayas.
 Agriculture
 Small villages tending their crops
 Mountain slopes on south plains
known as daurs.
 Abundant natural resources.
 Spieces of mammals, birds, and
medicinal plants.
AFGHANISTAN
 Landlocked country of nomadic
herdsmen and farmers.
 Natural resources
 Gold, iron, copper, cobalt, and
lithium
 Important component of laptops,
stapples, and other modern
equipment.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND
NATURAL RESOURCES OF
SOUTH ASIA TO:
 ECONOMY
 Hydroelectric power-
27.6 % of the GDP
 Forest & pasturelands
 Pasturelands –
feeding regions
 Forest – income for
marginalized groups
 Exports- wood, tiles,
marble, cotton,
textiles, leather goods,
electrical appliances,
surgical instruments,
carpet, food
processing
 Predominantly
agricultural
 20% - service sector
 Jute- important
product
 Farming, livestock &
handicraft
 Industries rubber
 Leading natural
rubber producing in
the world
 Tires, gloves &
sandals
 Fishing- traditional
life
 GDP- fishing
resources
 Food & textile-
imported- insufficient
supply
 CULTURE &
SHELTER
 Similar geographic
features
 Highest concentration
of population
 Indian – improved
farm life
 Adobe construction-
brick plastered shelter
 Men works in field
 Women transplant the
seedlings &
household chores
 Plains
  Thar desert- sparsely  The countries of Myanmar,
populated Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and
 Rural country- 75% Singapore lie on the Southeast Asian
live by farming peninsula.
 Same productions &  The Insular Southeast Asia is
similar shelter
composed of Indonesia, Philippines,
 Similar topography
Brunei and East Timor.
climate
 Southeast Asia has a tropical
 Houses- stone, mud
climate.
bricks, bamboos &
 Northern Vietnam has a subtropical
nuts
climate.
 Dairy food- cows &
 Monsoons bring large amount of
yaks
 Rice, wheat & corn rain in the region’s tropical belt.
 Flora and fauna are very different
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND that can boast of its unique and
NATURAL RESOURCES OF endemic kinds of animals and
vegetation cover.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
 Southeast Asian water has rich
Southeast Asia lies along the seismic marine resources such as corals and
and volcanic belt of Asia. It is divided into fish.
the mainland peninsula and the insular. The  Raja Ampat located off the
mainland includes the rugged mountainous northwestern tip of West Papua,
regions of Indochina and Malay Peninsula. Indonesia, as surveyed by the
The insular Southeast Asia includes the Marine Conservation International,
island arcs and archipelagoes to the east is now considered the richest coral
and southeast of mainland Asia. reef ecosystems in the world.
 The region’s forest resources have
 Malay Peninsula comprises Malaysia
been sources of popular herbal
and Singapore.
medicines and quality timber.
CAMBODIA
 Widely covered with tropical forests
due to its tropical monsoon climate.
 Its drier lowlands are covered with
grass savannas.
 Mineral resources include iron ore,
phosphate, limestone, coal, salt,
gold, silver, clay and semi-precious
stones.
 Home to a number of distinctive
fauna and flora species.
 Tonle Sap Lake largest lake in
Southeast Asia and richest
freshwater lake in the world.
LAOS
 Largely mountainous except for the
plains of Jars and Vientiane.
 Have alluvial plains and terraces.
 Yields rice crops which are sufficient
only for local consumption.
 Other crops include tobacco, cotton
and other tropical fruits.
 Mineral resources include copper,
tin and coal.
VIETNAM
 Lies in the East Asian monsoon zone.
 The coastal harbors are ideal fishing
grounds.
 The northern part is rich in minerals
having the largest deposit of
anthracite and other mineral
deposits of tin, phosphate, iron ore
and antimony.
THAILAND
 Bounded on the east by Laos and
Cambodia.
 The north and west part are
mountainous.
 Central region is made up of the vast
plain of Chao river basins that
attracted large groups of settlers.
 Have wide forest lands which are
sources of wide variety of wood.
 Gulf of Siam is the primary source of
fish resources.
 Tin is the most important mineral.
MYANMAR
 Lies between the Tropic of Cancer
and the equator and experiences the
seasonal monsoon wind.
 Irrawaddy River irrigates the fertile
deltaic plains of the country
covering almost 47000 sq. km.
  Climate endowed the country with
abundant forest resources.
MALAYSIA
 Characterized by coastal plains that
rise toward the hills and mountains.
 One of the largest exporters of
water resources.
 Rubber is the most vital product of
INDONESIA
the country.
 A leading producer of tin.
 Taman Negara forest is the oldest
forest in the world and remains to
be a tourist attraction.
SINGAPORE
 Located at the southern tip of the
Malay Peninsula.
 It serves as the crossroad of Asian
sea routes between India and China.
 It consists of one large island and
several tiny islands composed of
lowland and hills.
 The country has one of the finest
harbors in the world.
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
PHILIPPINES
 Predominantly hilly and
mountainous.
 Proximity to the equator gives the
country a hot and humid climate.
 Often called “puni” or “Poli” which
means oil-rich kingdom.
 A rich in oil and natural gas.
 The country is developing programs
to diversify its economy toward
agriculture.
 Divided into the Greater Sunda
Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
 The Greater Sunda Islands contain
most of the population and wealth
of the nation.
 The Lesser Sunda stretches from Bali
to Maluku.
 It carries within its islands around
100 volcanoes.
 Oil and petroleum are the most
important industry in the country
coming mostly from Sumatra and
Kalimantan.
 Other minerals like bauxite, nickel,
iodine and coal are also found in the
country.
  Divided into three main islands:
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
 It consists of many active volcanoes.
 About 42% are covered with forests.
 Home of various and unique
mammals and wild birds.
 Gold, copper, zinc, chromite, iron
and manganese are some of the
mineral resources of Philippines.
 Factories of cement, textiles,
aluminum, chemicals and other
industries are being developed.
 Fish ranks second to rice in the diet
of most Filipinos.
EAST TIMOR
 Located in Southeastern Asia.
 Largest easternmost island of the
Lesser Sunda islands.
 Has a tropical climate.
 Approximately 44% of the land area
has a slope of 40% or greater.
 Have deposits of gold, copper, iron,
oil and natural gas.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL
FEATURE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
IN:
 AGRICULTURE
 Southeast Asia is an
agricultural region.
 The vast area of alluvial lands
most important
topographical feature of the
region.
 Monsoon climate is very
helpful for the people for
enriching the production.
 The Mekong and the Tonle
Sap basins of Cambodia, The
Mekong Delta, the alluvial
areas at the foothills of the
Annamite mountain range of
Vietnam.
 Crop production is important
not only for the subsistence
of each nation’s population
but also as cash crops that
augment their economy.
 Most of the people in this
region depend on farming as
their source of living.
 Java is the richest island in
Indonesia.
 The concentration of
population in this island
poses problems.
  To ease the problem, the
government launched a
“transmigration policy”.
 Rubber is the second most
important crop next to rice.
 Malaysia has to import rice
for local consumption.
 ECONOMY
 Southeast Asia had been part
of the world trading system
even before the coming of
the foreign colonizers.
 Countries have now
developed its manufacturing
and service sectors.
 Timber industry is also
important in Malaysia.
 It contributes to the total
exports of the country.
 Vietnam is now focused on
improving its industrial
sector and is fast emerging as
an industrialized nation.
 Singapore and Brunei have
well-developed economies.
 Singapore’s major assets are
its location and its deep-
water harbor.
 Trade deals with buying raw
goods and purifying or
refining them for re-export.
 Singapore is considered as
the most industrialized
nation in Southeast Asia.
 CULTURE AND SHELTER
 The traditional houses in the
region are typically
constructed using
prefabricated of ready-made
housing component.
 Others are stilts houses built
around vast paddy rice
farms.
 A change of socio-economic
pattern from traditional
agriculture to monetary-
based agriculture and
manufacturing industry has
changed the dwelling.
 Bricks and reinforced
concrete have now become
the main materials in urban
housing.