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©2012, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 01 Physical Geography of East Asia

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Page 1: ©2012, TESCCC World Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 01 Physical Geography of East Asia

©2012, TESCCCWorld Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 01

Physical Geography of East Asia

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©2012, TESCCCWorld Geography, Unit 11, Lesson 01

Major Geographic Characteristics of East Asia

• World’s MOST POPULOUS REALM

• One of the world’s earliest culture hearths

• Population concentrations in the East, situated in river basins and special economic zones

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Sub-regions of East Asia• CHINA PROPER- Eastern half; the core of

China• XIZANG (TIBET)- Tall mountains and high

plateaus; sparsely populated• XINJIANG- Vast desert basin and mountain

rims; gateway to the Islam world• MONGOLIA- Mostly desert • The JAKOTA TRIANGLE

– Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• LONGITUDINAL EXTENT (East to West) Comparable to the U.S.

• LATITUDINAL RANGE (North to South): Comparable to Northern Quebec to Central Caribbean

• Bordered by oceans, high mountains, steppe country, and desert

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Karst Landscape

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Eastern China

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Northern China: The Great Wall

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Tibet

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CLIMATE• CLIMATE TYPES INCLUDE: B (Dry); C

(Humid temperate); D (Humid cold); and H (Unclassified Highlands)

• Includes the largest area of highland climate in the world

• Desert conditions prevail in the Northern and Western interior

• Coastal, peninsular, and insular East Asia have more moderate climates than the interior regions

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Step terraces are designed to allow water to flow by gravity through all the fields, generally reentering a stream at a lower level.

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Rice Fields

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XIZANG (TIBET)

• A harsh physical environment• Sparsely populated• Came under Chinese control during the Manchu

Dynasty in 1720• Gained separate status in the late 19th Century• China’s Communist regime took control in the

1950s• Cornerstone of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, and

monasteries• Now an autonomous region

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The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, is the ceremonial home of the 14th Dalai Lama, now in exile in India.

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Highland Pasture in Tibet – nomadic herders

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XINJIANG

• Comprises one-sixth of China’s total land area

• A region of high mountains and basins• Chinese only account for 40% of the

population• Half of the population is Islamic• Has extensive reserves of oil and natural

gas

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MONGOLIA• Steppe and desert physical environment• Sparsely populated with an estimated 2.5

million inhabitants• Part of the Chinese empire from late1600s

until 1911• Functions as a buffer state between Russia

and China• Economy is focused on herding and animal

products

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THE JAKOTA TRIANGLE• CHARACTERISTICS

– Small, confined land area (Japan and Taiwan are islands and the Koreas are on a Peninsula)

– Hazardous region- earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons

– Great cities and high-tech industry– Enormous consumption of raw materials, but

few raw materials produced locally– Global links and rapid development

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Known Hazards for this Region

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Volcanic Activity (Japan)

• Typhoons

• Floods

• Drought