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South Asia

Satellite View of South Asia

TheSize ofSouthAsia

SouthAsia:

Physical

Map

Bodies of Water

Indus

R.

Ganges R.

Brahmaputra R.

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Bay ofBengal

The Ganges River System

1,560 miles long

“Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

The Brahmaputra River System

1,800 miles long

Floods on the Brahmaputra: 2003

Flooding on the Brahmaputra

The Indus River System

1,975 miles long

Valleys / Plains

Indo-GangeticPlain

Hindu Kush

The Khyber Pass

The Himalayas

“him” [snow]

“aalaya” [home]

Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest

mt. peak in the world.

The Himalayas

Deserts / Plateaus

Thar

Desert

DeccanPlateau

TibetanPlateau

The Deccan Plateau

31,800 square miles in size.

Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high.

From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].

The Tibetan Plateau

The “Roof of the World.”

average elevation is 16,400 feet.

The Thar Desert

The Great Indian Desert

200 - 1500 feet in elevation.

up to 127ºF in July.

Completed Map

Indus

R.

Ganges R.

Brahmaputra R.

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Bay ofBengal

Himalayas

Mt. Everest

▲

Karakoran Mts.

Hindu Kush

Vindhya Hills

East

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Khy

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Pass

I I

Thar

Desert

DeccanPlateau

TibetanPlateau

Indo-GangeticPlain

Punjab

Kashmir

Climate Regions of South Asia

Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April

Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

Global Areas of Malaria

Major Farming Systems

of South Asia

Economic Activities& Resources

Silk Cultivation

Population Density

Population Density

Literacy Rate in India

Satellite View of ChinaSatellite View of China

China vs. the U. S. in Size

China vs. the U. S. in Size

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000250Miles

China

United States

SOURCE: Topic 5: “The Awakening Giant” by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

Comparing China & the U. S.

Comparing China & the U. S.China United

States

Size 3.7 million square miles

3.6 million square miles

Main physical barrier

Himalayas Rockies

Main River Yangtze / East - West

Mississippi / North – South

Population East Coast East Coast

Connectivity problems

North - South East - West

Countries & RegionsCountries & Regions

Tibet

Mongolia

Southeast Asia

Indian Subcontine

nt

Russia

N. Korea

S> Korea

Taiwan

Philippines

CitiesCities

BEIJING

Harbin

Nanjing

Guangzhou

Xi’anShanghai

Taipei

Lhasa

HongKongMaca

o

Completed Political Map

Completed Political Map

BEIJING

Harbin

Nanjing

Guangzhou

Xi’anShanghai

Taipei

Lhasa

HongKongMaca

o

Tibet

Mongolia

Southeast Asia

Indian Subcontine

nt

N. Korea

S> Korea

Taiwan

Philippines

China’s TopographyChina’s Topography

Bodies of WaterBodies of Water

Huang-He

River

Yellow Sea

Yangtze River

Pacific Ocean

Amur River

Xi River

SouthChinaSea

Sea of

Japan

The Polluted Yellow River!

The Polluted Yellow River!

Mountains & PeaksMountains & Peaks

Tian Shan

Altai Mts. Greater Khingan

Kunlun Shan

Himalayan Mts.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

Deserts & PlateausDeserts & Plateaus

Tibetan Plateau

Taklamakan Desert

Gobi Desert

Valleys / Plains / Basins

Valleys / Plains / Basins

Manchurian Plain

North China PlainTarim

Basin

Sichuan Basin

North China PlainNorth China Plain

Agricultural Regions in China

Agricultural Regions in China

Shabdong PeninsulaGrand

Canal

Great Wall

CHUNG KUO

Completed Topographic Map

Completed Topographic Map

Huang-He

RiverYellow

Sea

Yangtze River

Pacific Ocean

Amur River

Xi River

SouthChinaSea

Sea of

Japan

Tian Shan

Altai Mts. Greater Khingan

Kunlun Shan

Himalayan Mts.

Tibetan Plateau

Taklamakan Desert

Gobi Desert

Manchurian Plain

North China PlainTarim

Basin

Sichuan Basin

Shabdong PeninsulaGrand

Canal

Great Wall

CHUNG KUO

China’s Climate ZonesChina’s Climate Zones

Monsoon Precipitation Patterns

Monsoon Precipitation Patterns

Winter MonsoonsWinter Monsoons

Summer MonsoonsSummer Monsoons

Precipitation in ChinaPrecipitation in China

Agricultural Regions in China

Agricultural Regions in China

Arable LandArable Land

“Brown” China vs. “Green” China

“Brown” China vs. “Green” China

Rice DominantW

heat

Dom

inan

t

Pasture and Oasis

Double-crop rice

SOURCE: Topic 5: “The Awakening Giant” by Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

South ChinaSouth China

Major Chinese Industries

Major Chinese Industries

Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in China

Fuels, Power, Minerals, & Metals in China

China as % of World Population

China as % of World Population

Top 10 Populated Nations

Top 10 Populated Nations

0 500 1000 1500

China

India

US

Indonesia

Brazil

Russia

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Japan

Nigeria

0 500 1000 1500

India

China

US

Pakistan

Indonesia

Nigeria

Bangladesh

Brazil

Congo

Ethiopia

2001 2050

Population DensityPopulation Density

Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

Japan and the United States

Japan’s Topography

Bodiesof

Water

Sea of Japan

Ishikari R.

Korean

Straits

Pacific Ocean

Inland Sea

Tone R.Shinano R.

Kitani Mts.

Kitakami Mts.

Mikuni

Mts.

Chugoku

Mts.

Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji

MountainsAnd

Peaks

Plains

Kanto Plain

Nobi Plain

Ishikari Plain

Osaka Plain

Islands

Hokkaido

Honshu

Shikuku

Kyushu

Okinawa

Cities Sappor

o

Hiroshima

Kobe Tokyo

Nagasaki

Kyoto

YokohamaNagoya

Osaka

Final

MapSea of Japan

Ishikari R.

Korean

Straits

Pacific Ocean

Inland Sea

Tone R.

Shinano R.

Kitani Mts.

Kitakami Mts.

Mikuni

Mts.

Chugoku

Mts.Kyushu

Mts.Mt. Fuji

Kanto Plain

Nobi PlainOsaka

Plain

Ishikari Plain

Hokkaido

Honshu

Shikuku

Kyushu

Okinawa

RussiaChina

N. Korea

S. Korea

Sapporo

Hiroshima

Kobe Tokyo

Nagasaki

Kyoto

YokohamaNagoya

Osaka

Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land

Mt. Fuji

Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power

Japan’s Land Area and Utilization

Japan by Satellite

Global Tectonic PlatesJapan -- On the “Fire Rim

of the Pacific”

Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994

Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo,

1923

Over 100,000 dead!

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

► 7.2 Richter scale

► 5,500 deaths

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

Japan’s Oceanic Currents

Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities

Precipitation

Different Climates and Seasons in Japan

Fall Winter

Spring Summer

Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain

Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse:

Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture

Terrace Farming of Rice

The Japanese Farm the Sea

TokyoFish Market

Natural Resources

Raw Materials

Japan’s Population Density

Japan’s Population Trends

Japan’s Population Over 65

versus the United States

Japan’s Growing Older

Japan’s Age Breakdown

Under 15 years

15.8%

15 – 59 years 63.3%

60 and over years

20.9%

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