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ASIAPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
North or Central Asia
• Characterized by continuous cover of plants or grasslands.
•Grasslands: lacking in trees
North or Central Asia
• 3 types:• Steppes: shallow-rooted grasses• Western portion of the Black Sea eastward
beyond Lake Balkash.• Kyrgyz Steppe; patches can also be found in
Manchuria and the Ordos Desert in East Asia• Prairies: tall and deep-rooted grasses• Located on the northern side of the Russian
steppes and in Manchuria• Savannas: mingling of forests and grasslands• Found in Southeast Asia and the African continent
North or Central Asia
• Boreal Forest (Taiga)• 17% of the total land area of the Earth• In Russia, it means marshy pine forest• Coniferous• Usually located in areas south of tundras and north of grasslands• Can be found in Siberia• Climate is cool, rain and snow occurs less
North or Central Asia
• Tundras:•Can also be found in Russia•Finnish word TUNTURIA (treeless plain)•Seldom inhabit the place
North or Central Asia• Home to the
deepest lake in the world
LAKE BAIKAL• Maximum
depth: 1,620 meters
WEST ASIA Includes the Northern Tier, Arabian
Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent Characterized by the presence of
mountains and plateaus (Turkey and Iran).
Anatolian Plateau (supports farming)
Iranian plateau: land is dryLarge population
Sparse population
Northern portion: Hindu Kush and Himalayas
Southern portion: Bodies of water (Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal)
Himalayan Mountain range Mt. Everest Mt. Kanchenjunga
Hindu Kush Khyber pass (Gateway to India)
SOUTH ASIA
Gobi desert, Mongolian and Tibetan Plateaus, and the Himalayas
EAST ASIA
Southeast asia
monsoons
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