Katangiang Pisikal ng Daigdig

Asya
Ang Asya ay ang pinakamalaking kontinente sa mundo. Ang Asya ay maaaring
nahati sa limang pangunahing mga pisikal na rehiyon:mga sistema ng bundok;
talampas; kapatagan, steppes, at disyerto; mga kapaligiran sa tubig-tabang; at
mga kapaligiran sa tubig alat.

Mga sistema ng bundok

The Himalaya mountains separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia
by around 2,500 kilometers. The Himalayas were formed when the Indian
subcontinent collided with the Eurasian continent about 50 million to 55 million
years ago. The Indian subcontinent continues to collapse into Asia, while the
Himalayas are growing 5 centimeters every year.

The mountain system of Tien Shan extends for about 2,400 kilometers, it
straddles the border between Kyrgyzstan and China. In Chinese, Tien Shan
means "Celestial Mountains. The Victory Peak and the Tängiri Peak are the two
highest peaks in the Tien Shan. The Victory Peak stands at 7,439 meters, and
Khan Tängiri Peak stands at 6,995 meters. Glaciers cover more than 10,100
square kilometers in Tien Shan. Engil'chek Glacier is the largest glacier, which is
about 60 kilometers long.

The Ural Mountains run for around 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) in a circuitous
north-south line from Russia to Kazakhstan. The Ural Mountains are a portion of
the world's most seasoned, at 250 million to 300 million years of age. A long
period of time of disintegration has brought down the mountains altogether, and
today their normal rise is somewhere in the range of 914 and 1,220 meters (3,000
to 4,000 feet). The most noteworthy pinnacle is Mount Narodnaya at 1,895 meters
(6,217 feet).

Fields, Steppes, and Deserts

The West Siberian Plain, situated in focal Russia, is viewed as one of the world's
biggest spaces of persistent flatland. It reaches out from north to south around
2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) and from west to east around 1,900 kilometers
(1,200 miles). With in excess of 50% of its space at under 100 meters (330 feet)
above ocean level, the plain contains a portion of the world's biggest marshes
and flood fields.

Focal Asia is overwhelmed by a steppe scene, an enormous space of level,

unforested prairie. Mongolia can be isolated into various steppe zones: the
mountain backwoods steppe, the parched steppe, and the desert steppe. These
zones change from the country's precipitous district in the north to the Gobi
Desert on the southern boundary with China.

The Rub' al Khali desert, thought to be the world's biggest sand ocean, covers a
region bigger than France across Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates,
and Yemen. It holds generally half as much sand as Africa's Sahara desert,
despite the fact that it is multiple times more modest in size. The desert is known
as the Empty Quarter since it is essentially ungracious to people aside from
Bedouin clans that live on its edges.

Freshwater

Lake Baikal, situated in southern Russia, is the most profound lake on the planet,
arriving at a profundity of 1,620 meters (5,315 feet). The lake contains 20% of the
world's thawed freshwater, making it the biggest supply on Earth. It is likewise
the world's most established lake, at 25 million years of age.

The Yangtze is the longest waterway in Asia and the third longest on the planet
(behind the Amazon of South America and the Nile of Africa). Arriving at 6,300
kilometers (3,915 miles) long, the Yangtze moves east from the glacial masses of
the Tibetan Plateau to the stream's mouth on the East China Sea. The Yangtze is
viewed as the backbone of China. It channels one-fifth of the nation's property
region, is home to 33% of its populace, and contributes enormously to China's
economy.

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers start in the good countries of eastern Turkey and
course through Syria and Iraq, participating in the city of Qurna, Iraq, prior to
discharging into the Persian Gulf. The land between the two waterways, known as
Mesopotamia, was the focal point of the most punctual civic establishments,
including Sumer and the Akkadian Empire. Today, the Tigris-Euphrates stream
framework is under danger from expanded agrarian and modern use. These
pressing factors have caused desertification and expanded salts in the dirt,
seriously harming nearby watershed territories.

Saltwater
The Persian Gulf has a space of in excess of 234,000 square kilometers (90,000
square miles). It borders Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq. The bay is liable to high paces of vanishing, making it
shallow and incredibly pungent. The seabed underneath the Persian Gulf
contains an expected 50 percent of the world's oil saves. The nations that line the
inlet have occupied with various arguments about this rich asset.

The Sea of Okhotsk covers 1.5 million square kilometers (611,000 square miles)
between the Russian central area and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The ocean is to a
great extent frozen among October and March. Huge ice floes make winter route
remarkably difficult.

The Bay of Bengal is the biggest inlet on the planet, covering practically 2.2
million square kilometers (839,000 square miles) and lining Bangladesh, India, Sri
Lanka, and Burma. Numerous huge waterways, including the Ganges and
Brahmaputra, void into the straight. The briny wetlands shaped by the Ganges-
Brahmaputra on the Bay of Bengal is the biggest delta on the planet.

Earthly Flora and Fauna

Botanists epithet China the "Mother of Gardens." It has more blooming plant
species than North and South America consolidated. Since China has such
assorted scenes, from the bone-dry Gobi Desert to the tropical jungles of Yunnan
Province, many blossoms can adjust to environments everywhere. From roses to
peonies, numerous recognizable blossoms probably began in northern China.
China is the possible beginning of such organic product trees as peaches and
oranges. China is likewise home to the day break redwood, the main redwood
tree found external North America.

Asia's different physical and social scene has directed the manner in which
creatures have been trained. In the Himalayas, people group use yaks as load
animals. Yaks are huge creatures identified with dairy cattle, however with a thick
fiber coat and the capacity to get by in the oxygen-helpless high elevation of the
mountains. Yaks are not just utilized for transportation and for pulling furrows,
yet their jackets are wellsprings of warm, strong fiber. Yak milk is utilized for
spread and cheddar.

In the Mongolian steppe, the two-bumped Bactrian camel is the customary load
animal. Bactrian camels are fundamentally imperiled in nature. The camel's
protuberances store supplement rich fat, which the creature can use in the midst
of dry spell, warmth, or ice. Its size and capacity to adjust to difficulty make it an
ideal pack creature. Bactrians can really surpass ponies over significant
distances. These camels were the customary creatures utilized in bands on the
Silk Road, the amazing shipping lane connecting eastern Asia with India and the
Middle East.

Oceanic Flora and Fauna

The freshwater and marine territories of Asia offer unimaginable biodiversity.

Lake Baikal's age and disengagement make it an interesting natural site.

Amphibian life has had the option to advance for a long period of time moderately
undisturbed, delivering a rich assortment of vegetation. The lake is known as the
"Galápagos of Russia" in light of its significance to the investigation of
developmental science. It has 1,340 types of creatures and 570 types of plants.

Many Lake Baikal's species are endemic, which means they are discovered no
place else on Earth. The Baikal seal, for example, is one of a handful of the
freshwater seal species on the planet. The Baikal seal takes care of principally on
the Baikal oil fish and the omul. The two fishes are like salmon, and give fisheries
to the networks on the lake.

The Bay of Bengal, on the Indian Ocean, is one of the world's biggest tropical
marine environments. The sound is home to many marine warm blooded animals,
including the bottlenose dolphin, spinner dolphin, spotted dolphin, and Bryde's
whale. The sound additionally upholds solid fish, jack, and marlin fisheries.

A portion of the narrows' most assorted cluster of organic entities exist along its
coasts and wetlands. Numerous untamed life saves in and around the sound
expect to ensure its organic variety.

The Sundarbans is a wetland region that structures at the delta of the Ganges and
Brahamaputra streams. The Sundarbans is a gigantic mangrove backwoods.
Mangroves are tough trees that can withstand the incredible, pungent tides of the
Bay of Bengal just as the freshwater streams from the Ganges and Brahamaputra.
Notwithstanding mangroves, the Sundarbans is forested by palm trees and bog
grasses.

The damp wilderness of the Sundarbans upholds a rich creature local area. Many
types of fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails live in the uncovered root arrangement of
the mangrove trees. The Sundarbans upholds in excess of 200 types of
amphibian and swimming birds. These little creatures are essential for a food web
that incorporates wild hog, macaque monkeys, screen reptiles, and a sound
populace of Bengal tigers.