Asia power point

ASIAPHYSICAL MAP OF THE CONTINENT.

INTRODUCTION: Asia is the Earth´s

largest continent .Its 43608000 km²

represent 29,13 % of the surface of the Earth.

Asia has 4.140.000.000 of inhabitants.

Asia has 47 countries and a lot of different languages

LIMITS OF ASIA:

THE TERRAIN OF ASIA:Plains:Plains: The main plains are the “Siberian,

Indochina and Indian Plains”.Depresions: Depresions: Filled by seas such as the “Aral,

Caspian and Dead seas”.Plateaus:Plateaus: The most important are the

“Anatolian, Iranian, Tibetan, Siberian, Deccan and Arabian plateaus”.

Mountains:Mountains: Of special note are the “Zagros Mountains and the Himalayas”.

SEAS, LAKES AND RIVERS:Seas: the main seas in Asia are the sea of

Japan, Okhotsk, and the Kara, Bering, China, Arabian and Red seas

Lakes: there are both saltwater lakes such as the Aral, Caspian and Dead seas and freshwater lakes such as Lake Baikal.

Rivers: are long and carry a high volume of water. The most important are the Yangtze, the Ob, the Yenisei, the Lena, the Huang He, the Mekong, the Amur, the Ganges and the Indus.

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