World Regional Geography Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Ten Geographic Qualities 1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies)

Ten Geographic Qualities 3. Powerful Foreign Influences 4. Political instability & conflict 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas

Ten Geographic Qualities 6. Poor Intraregional communications 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies 8. No dominant state although China & India have exerted powerful influence

Ten Geographic Qualities 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries of Singapore 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region

Relative Location of Southeast Asia Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan

Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates

Physical Geography Plate Tectonics Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Rivers Mekong River Irrawaddy Landforms Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Climates Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates Malaysia & Indonesia Tropical Savanna Climate dominates the northern portion of SE Asia including Thailand, Cambodia & the southern part of Vietnam

Climates of SouthEeast Asia

Vegetation Map

Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Population Languages Religion Agriculture Economics Historical Geography

Population Concentrations

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Population 1/2 billion concentrations on coasts & rivers large concentration on the island of Java

Southeast Asia Population Characteristics Birth rates Death rates Natural Increase 1.6. % Infant Mortality Doubling Time 42yrs

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Languages Sino-Tibetan Languages of Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese dominate in the north Malayo Polynesian Language Family dominates in the southern portion of SE Asia

Religions

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia Christianity in the Philippines

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion Religious landscapes

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Agriculture subsistence farming intensive rice farming

Agriculture in Southeast Asia

Aqua farming in Thailand

Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Economy primary industries dominate resource rich oil in Indonesia & Brunei manufacturing & labor source for the developed world

Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Economic Contrasts Extreme poverty in Laos, Myanmar & Cambodia Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia Wealthy Singapore & Brunei

Income levels

Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Political Geography of Southeast Asia

Political Geography Elongated Vietnam Prorupt Burma & Thailand Fragmented Indonesia & Philippines Divided Malaysia

Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States