EAST ASIA Ch 26.1. China= 80% of E. Asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl LAND & SEA.

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EAST ASIA Ch 26.1

China= 80% of E. Asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl LAND & SEA

Korean Peninsula S of Manchurian Plain & Changbai Mtns. b/w Sea of Japan & Yellow Sea

Plate Tectonics: part of Ring of Fire 2008 EQ in China 2009 VE in Philippines

Tsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake, or any large displacement of water. Gets higher as approaches land Indonesia, 2004

Plateau of Tibet: highest plateau region, 15,000 ft (SW China)

Tarim Basin: vast wasteland, mostly desert & salt marshes

Huang He: aka Yellow River b/c of loess, “China’s Sorrow”  catastrophic floods

Yangtze River: longest in Asia (3 rd in world) ½ of China’s crops grown in YR basin

Xi River delta: fastest growing in China Guangzhou Hong Kong

Grand Canal: longest artificial waterway in world, began in 400 BCE!

Natural Resources China: widest variety, most oil and coal Mongolia/Koreas: coal Taiwan: minimal, used up

Southeast Asia Ch 29.1

Malay Pen. Indochina Pen.

Borneo

Indonesia: 13,500 islands (6,000 names, 1,000 inhabited)

East Timor: UN voted independence in 1999  finalized in year anniv. celebration ET & Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia

Java: most pop. island in world, 17/100 Indonesia’s active volcanoes - center of Indo. social, political, eco. Life - Jakarta (capital) here

Krakatau Anak Krakatau- 2007

Mt. Pinatubo Earthquakes began 7/90 Small eruptions 4/91 Magma eruptions 6/91 Climax 6/15/91

Mt. Pinatubo Mt. Pinatubo August, 1991…over SOUTH AMERICA Most powerful eruption of 20 th century Regular clouds Pinatubo aerosol clouds

Lots of fossil fuels (coal, oil, nat. gas) Vietnam, Brunei, & Indonesia have oil –Indo. Formerly a member of OPEC

Myanmar/Burma: military junta has not utilized resources 1988 protests in Rangoon Thein Sein, elected March 2011, first civilian president

Flora brings in big bucks Thailand: orchids Malaysia: rubber Philippines: hardwoods Indonesia: plywood

All nations, but Laos, are coastal/islands  FISHING IS HUGE!! Burma Cambodia