Map of Asia.Asia is the largest continent, with a land area of more than 17 million square miles, comprising about 30 percent of Earth's total land area. Geographically, Asia is a continent of extremes: the cold Arctic expanse of Siberia; the tropical rain forests of Thailand; the fertile, productive land of the Indian subcontinent Indian subcontinent, region, S central Asia, comprising the countries of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and the Himalayan states of Nepal, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka, an island off the southeastern tip of the Indian peninsula, is often considered a part of the subcontinent. ; the deserts of Mongolia, central Asia, parts of China, and the vast Arabian Peninsula Arabian Peninsula or Arabia Peninsular region, southwest Asia. With its offshore islands, it covers about 1 million sq mi (2.6 million sq km). Constituent countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and, the largest, Saudi Arabia. . Asia is home to the world's highest mountains The following is a list of the world's 100+ highest mountains per height above sea level, all of which are located in Asia. Only those summits are included that, by an objective measure, may be considered individual mountains as opposed to subsidiary peaks. , sometimes called "the roof of the world." Asia's lowest elevation is the Dead Sea (1,310 ft below sea level), a saltwater lake shared by Jordan and Israel. Asia's--and Earth's--highest peak is Mount Everest (29,035 ft), located on the border of China and Nepal. Many island countries, including Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and Malaysia, are part of Asia. More than 3.875 billion people live in Asia; that's more than three fifths of the world's population. 1. Locate and name these important geographical features of Asia: (A) The continent's longest river, 3,915 miles long, which flows eastward on its journey to the East China Sea: -- (B) The desert that extends through most of Mongolia and part of China: -- (C) A major river of southeastern Asia, flowing through southern China, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam: -- (D) Earth's highest mountains, occupying parts of India, Tibet (China), and Nepal: -- (E) The sea at 36[degrees]N, 125[degrees]E, surrounded by North Korea, South Korea, South officially Republic of Korea Country, East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean peninsula. It is west of Japan and includes Cheju Island, located about 60 mi (97 km) south of the peninsula. Area: 38,572 sq mi (99,900 sq km). Korea, and China: -- (F) The mountains from 62[degrees]E to 70[degrees]E. The second word in the name means death, probably because of the danger of the high mountain passes. -- (G)The sea at 40[degrees]N, 51[degrees]E that is actually the world's largest lake: -- (H) The three oceans that border Asia: on the north: --; on the south: --; on the east: -- 2. If you traveled across Asia at the 20[degrees]N parallel of latitude, through which countries and bodies of water would you travel? -- 3. Locate and identify the countries or areas that match these descriptions: (A) The country at 30[degrees]N, 45[degrees]E, where U.S.-led coalition forces are fighting a war: -- (B) Name these countries that have a population of more than I billion people: 35[degrees]N, 110[degrees]E: -- 20[degrees]N, 75[degrees]E: -- (C) The three countries with a shoreline along the Arabian Sea Arabian Sea, ancient Mare Erythraeum, northwest part of the Indian Ocean, lying between Arabia and India. The Gulf of Aden, extended by the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman, extended by the Persian Gulf, are its principal arms. : -- (D) Major trading partners of the U.S.: 40[degrees]N, 140[degrees]E: --; 40[degrees]N, 110[degrees]E: --; 37[degrees]N, 128[degrees]E: -- (E) The multi-island country at 0[degrees], 95[degrees]E to 141[degrees]E, that is the world's most-populous Muslim country: -- (F) Two countries that are partly in Asia and partly in Europe: at 40[degrees]N, 30[degrees]E: -- 60[degrees]N, 60'degrees]E: -- 4. Identify the country at each location and name the capital: (A) 20[degrees]N, 75[degrees]E: -- (D) 0[degrees], 100[degrees]E: -- (B) 25[degrees]N, 90[degrees]E: -- (E) 24[degrees]N, 40[degrees]E: -- (C) 39[degrees]N, 126[degrees]E: -- 5. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) if you flew from Vientiane, Laos, to Hiroshima, Japan: -- 6. Which of these cities is nearly the same latitude as Beijing, China: Rome, Italy; Madrid, Spain; or Lisbon, Portugal? -- 7. On the outline map of Asia, write the names of as many countries as you can. Use the Atlas map to check your answers. Map of Asia 1. (A) Chang (Yangtze) River (B) Gobi Desert Gobi Desert Desert, Central Asia. One of the great desert and semidesert regions of the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over large areas of Mongolia and China. (C) Mekong River Mekong River Chinese Lancang Jiang or Lan-Ts'ang Chiang Longest river of Southeast Asia. Rising in southern Qinghai province, China, it flows south through eastern Tibet and across the highlands of Yunnan province. (D) Himalayas (E) Yellow Sea (F) Hindu Kush Hindu Kush (hĭn`d  k sh), a high mountain system, extending c. Mountains (G) Caspian Sea Caspian Sea (kăs`pēən), Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium, salt lake, c.144,000 sq mi (373,000 sq km), between Europe and Asia; the largest lake in the world. (H) Arctic Ocean; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean 2. Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Arabian Sea, India, Bay of Bengal Noun 1. Bay of Bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India Andaman Sea - part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east , Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin The Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese: Vịnh Bắc Bộ or in Chinese: Beibu Wan is an arm of the South China Sea. Covering an area of 126,250 km², the gulf borders Vietnam on the northwest, west and southwest. , China, South China Sea, Philippine Sea (optional), Pacific Ocean 3. (A) Iraq (B) China; India (C) Oman, Pakistan, India (D) Japan; China; South Korea (E) Indonesia (F) Turkey; Russia 4. (A) India; New Delhi (B) Bangladesh; Dhaka (C) North Korea; Pyongyang (D) Indonesia; Jakarta (E) Saudi Arabia; Riyadh 5. 2,000 miles 6. Madrid, Spain |
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