PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA

ASIAN STUDIES
GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA

• PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA

• CONCEPT OF ASIA
• GEOGRAPHICAL CONDTIONS OF ASIA
 GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
The Philippines can be found in the continent of Asia. As Filipinos and as
Asians, we must gain an in-depth understanding of Asia.
RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED AROUND
ASIA OR ANY COUNTRIES AROUND ASIA. HOW WAS
YOUR EXPERIENCE?
THE ORIGIN WORD OF “ASIA” IS
UNCERTAIN. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED
FROM THE AEGAN WORD ASIS, WHICH
MEANS AS “MUDDY” OR THE SEMITIC WORD
ASU, WHICH MEANS “RISING” OR “LIGHT” IN
REFERENCE TO THE SUN.
The word “geography” is derived from the Greek word GEOS and
GRAPHIA, meaning “describing the world”. The study of
geography focuses on a area’s location, dimensions, and territory,
climate and natural resources, and the landforms and water forms
found therein. Geography also includes the study of people’s
interaction with their environment and its impact on their lives.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA
CONCEPT OF ASIA

• Asia is the largest continent in the • The Earth is composed of land and
world. It has almost all the water. The biggest landmass on
geographical features that a earth is called a CONTINENT.
continent can have.
SOME OF ASIA’S
UNIQUE
FEATURES AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
CODE OF HAMMURABI
Originators of the first system of
writing, statute of laws, map, Holy
bible, sewage system, paper, and
news paper.
SOME OF ASIA’S
UNIQUE
FEATURES AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
Statute of Shiva

Birthplace of the world’s major

religions: Hinduism, Buddhism,
Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto
SOME OF ASIA’S
UNIQUE
FEATURES AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
Ziggurat of Ur

Cradle of the world’s first

civilization, Sumer, which
flourished in the western part of
Asia
SOME OF ASIA’S UNIQUE FEATURES
AND CONTRIBUTIONS
• Rub’al Khali

• Location of extraordinary
landforms and water forms
such as Mount Everest, the
Himalayas, The Indonesian
archipelago, the Caspian
Sea, and the Rub’al khali
desert
 MAP OF
ASIA
Asia is a continent.
Geographers divided the
large land masses of the
world into seven
traditional continents.
ASIA’S
LOCATION
Asia is surrounded by
large bodies of water: the
Artic Ocean on the North,
the Pacific Ocean to the
East, and the Indian ocean
to the south.
ASIA’S
DIMENSIONS,
SHAPE AND
APPEARANCE
Asia is the largest continent of the
world. It has an estimated land
area of almost 44 million square
kilometers, or almost one third of
the total land area of the world.
LANDFORMS
AND WATER
FORMS IN
ASIA
All the different kinds of landforms
and water forms can be found in
Asia. This vast of continent has
many land and water resources
that are very beneficial for Asians.
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TIBET – HIGHEST AND LARGEST

PLATEAU IN THE WORLD. IT IS
SITUATED IN SOUTHWEST
CHINA, AND ITS HEIGHT
REACHES UP TO 4500 METERS.
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MT. FUJI – HIGHEST AND NOST
FAMOUS MOUNTAIN IN JAPAN. THE
JAPANESE CONSIDERED IT A HOLY
PLACE. IT CAN BE SEEN FROM
TOKYO AND TOKOHAMA.
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BAHRAIN – SMALLEST
COUNTRY IN WEST ASIA. IT CAN
BE FOUND IN THE PERSIAN
GULF.
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MOUNT EVEREST – HIGHEST

MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. IT
CAN BE FOUND IN THE
HIMALAYAS, BETWEEN NEPAL
AND TIBET. IT WAS NAMED
AFTER Sir George EVEREST, THE
BRITISH SURVEYOR FROM
INDIA WHO NEVER MEASURED
THE MOUNTAIN’S HEIGHT
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SUMATRA – SECOND LARGEST
ISLAND IN ASIA. IT IS SORROUNDED
BY THE STRAIT OF MALACCA, THE
INDIAN OCEAN, AND THE JAVA
SEA.
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BORACAY – ONE OF THE
EXCEPTIONAL WHITE SAND
BEACHES IN THE WORLD. IT IS
LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF
AKLAN IN THE PHILIPPINES
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