1. Physical Geography of Asia By: Coach “G”

2. Daily Question What country is home to Mount Everest: The World’s Tallest Mountain.???

3. Answer Nepal

4. Academic Vocabulary Land surface- the actual land or physical areas located on the surface of the earth. – - land located on the waters of the earth.

5. What is geography? Geo earth Graphien To write - Writing of the physical description of the earth

6. 5 Geographical Themes 1.Location – absolute and relative 2. Place and its physical characteristics - topography 3. Human/Environment interaction- influence of the environment in the way people live

7. 4. Movement – relationship among places: people, ideas, information and products which are constantly moving around the world 5. Region – country, city, neighborhood

9. The Asian continent... largest (#1) – 17 M sq miles; 1/3 of the total land surface of the globe Largest Population: 4,164,252,000.

10. Climate – diverse: cold highlands and hot deserts in North & West Asia, mild climates in the East & tropical climates in the South. Has every known climate in the world.

11. Best known landforms and bodies of water in Asia

12. Mt. Everest- the World’s tallest mountain

13. Mount Everest Apart of the Himalaya mountains (control worlds climate). Highest peak of just under 30,000 ft.!!! Nepal – Tibet border located just above India. 3,200 people in the entire world have climbed it at a cost of a permit up to $25,000. Taken 300 lives (1 out of every 8). – 120 mph winds, instant blizzards, free falls, hypothermia, oxygen deprivation, & blood clots.

14. Gobi desert of Mongolia

15. Gobi Desert Located in Central Asia across the Mongolian Empire. Silk Road for Mongolian Empire. 1,000 miles long. Extreme climate- Winter (-40 F) Summer (122 F).

16. Asia Notes

17. Daily Question What is the name of the tallest building in the world??? (Dubai) Buffer State: A country separating opposing powers.

18. Answer Burj Dubai

19. Rub’ al Khali Desert : Empty Quarter of Arabian Peninsula

20. Rub’ al Khali Desert Largest sand desert in the world. Located in Arabian Peninsula and stretches over 250,000 miles!!! Largest oil field in the world.

21. Taklimakan Desert of China

22. Located in Central Asia. Called the “desert of death” & “the point of no return”. Little to no water resources and 85% of shifting sand dunes.

23. Yangtze River in China

24. Yangtze River Longest river in China. 3 rd longest river in the world 4,100 miles long.

25. Ganges River of India World’s most populated river!!! 400 million

26. Indus River of Pakistan

27. Map of Indus River Drains into the Arabian Sea.

28. Huang He River (Yellow River)- China’s Sorrow Some 10 million people drowned or died of famine & disease as the result of the catastrophic floods (1887-1943).

29. Huang He River Called “yellow river” b/c of the yellow silt/sand that sits at the bottom of the river. 2 nd longest river in China (6 th in the world) at about 3,900 miles long. 2 nick names: “cradle of Chinese civilization” & “China’s Sorrow”.