1. East Asia- Geography

3. Mountains and Plateaus  Kunlun Mountains are the source of two great rivers in China.  Qinling Shandi Mountains divide north and south China.  Landscape is among the roughest in the world.

4. Mountains

5.  The Plateau of Tibet, the Tarim Pendi Basin, and the Taklimakan Desert are sparsely populated.  Gobi Desert stretches from China into Mongolia, 500,000 square miles. –Texas and California combined!

6. Plateau of Tibet

8. Peninsulas and Islands  Eastern coast of China includes several peninsulas which have allowed for major trading port cities like Shanghai.  North and South Korea lie on the Korean Peninsula.  Chinese islands include Hainan and part of Hong Kong.  Japan and Taiwan are island nations.

9. Korean Peninsula

10. 3 Great Rivers 1.Yellow River (Huang He)  3,000 miles in northern China. Flooding common. 2.Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)  longest river in Asia 3,900 miles from Tibet. Flooding common. 3.West River (Pearl) (Xi Jiang)  southern river with important mineral resources in basin.

13. Resources  China’s river basins in the east create fertile farmland.  Forests are abundant in China, Japan, Taiwan, North, and South Korea.  Japan buys forest products from other countries to preserve their forests.

15.  China has petroleum, coal and natural gas.  China’s abundance in resources have made it more self sufficient than Japan.  Korea and Japan have coal reserves.

16.  China’s rivers provide irrigation, hydroelectric power, and transportation.  Three Gorge Dam is on the Yangtze River to control floods and produce electricity.  East Asian people look to the sea for food.

17. 3 Gorge Dam

18. East Asia- Climate and Vegetation

19. Climate Zones  Subarctic climate zone is along Mongolia and China’s northern boarder with Russia. –Cool to cold in the summer, brutally cold winter.  Highland climate zone are found in western China. –Higher latitude and altitude the colder.  Both zones are sparsely populated.

20.  Humid Continental zone in Northeastern China, North Korea, northern South Korea, and northern Japan. –Coniferous forests and agriculture  Humid subtropical zone in southeastern China, southern South Korea, southern Japan, and northern Taiwan. –Deciduous and coniferous forests, logging, and agriculture.

21.  Semiarid zones is the Mongolian Plateau. –Short grasses for grazing of livestock.  Desert are in the west central mainland. –Taklimakan Desert and Gobi Desert where dinosaur fossils have been found from millions of years ago.

22.  Tropical wet found along China’s southeastern coast, island of Hainan, and the southern tip of Taiwan. –High temperatures, heavy rainfall, and high humidity.

25. East Asia- HEI Dam Overcrowded beaches

26. Three Gorges Dam  Largest dam in the world built on the Yangtze River.  Goal is to generate power, control flooding, and allow ships to sail further in to China.  More than 1 mile wide and 600ft high.

27. Consequences  Almost 1.5 million people are displaced due to the construction and flooding.  Historical sites and scenic sites are submerged.  Animal habitat shortage, chemical leaks, climate and temperature change, erosion, landslides have occurred.

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31. Urban Japan  60% of Japanese people live on about 3% of the land.  80% of people live in cities along the coast.  Japanese have adapted to small houses with little furniture.  Many people live in apartments.

32.  Common for a family of 4 to live in 1 bedroom house.  Landfills are used to dispose of waste and then rebuild on.