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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ASIA
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PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT
OF ASIA
MS. ANNA REALYN D. ARELLANO
BSED SSTU 3203
ORIGIN OF THE NAME ASIA
GOOD REASONS TO STUDY ASIA AND ASIAN HISTORY
“Asia” came from the word “sunrise”, in many languages.
Referred to as “asu” (ascend), or “asa” (east), referring to the direction of sunrise
THREE GOOD REASONS TO STUDY ASIA AND ASIAN HISTORY WELL.
REASONS
1. Filipinos are Asians, and should know more about Asia because it is their own continent.
2. Asia plays an increasingly important role in world affairs.
3. Asia is inherently fascinating.
SUB-REGIONS OF ASIA
SUB-REGIONS OF ASIA
EAST ASIA
Called the “Far East” because the Europeans regarded it as farthest from them.
China, Japan, Taiwan, North and South Korea
EAST ASIA
SOUTH ASIA
SOUTH ASIA
Includes India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Himalayan Kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, and Maldives Island
NORTH ASIA
NORTH ASIA
Includes Afghanistan, Russia’s Siberia, and the five Muslim Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
WEST ASIA
WEST ASIA
Also called the “Near East” or “Middle East”, because it was close to Europe and midway between east and West.
Includes Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arabia Emirates, Oman, and Yemen.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Includes Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, and Timor-Leste.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
PHYSICAL FEATURES
The Asian landscape is full of extremes. It has the world’s tallest and deepest areas, the wettest and driest places, some most productive regions, some most barren.
Mountains
Caucasus is famous in song and story. According to Greek mythology Prometheus was chained by the irate god Zeus for
giving mortal men, the fire of the gods.
The Himalayas (“abode of Snow”) hug the tallest peaks in the world, and
evoke legends of Shangri-la and the abominable snowman.
MOUNTAINS
PENINSULA
Asia has numerous rivers that serve as highways of commerce and communications. Three of these rivers drain in Indian Ocean – Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra
Four rivers drain into the Pacific Ocean – Amur, Huang Ho, Yangtze, and Si Kiang. The Mekong, a Mighty river, runs through three of Asia’s “rice bowls” Burma, Thailand, Vietnam) before it's in the South China Sea.
PENINSULA
Asia remain poor despite the continent’s rich natural resources...
ASIA REMAIN POOR CONTINENT
1. Resources are not fully developed
2. Developed resources are controlled by foreign multinational companies and rich elites that do not share the wealth
3. The environment is not protected and resources are depleted
4.False religions and beliefs keep the people closed to progressive ways.
FASCINATING WONDERS
Asia has many fascinating natural wonders and man-made wonders.
FASCINATING WONDERS
NATURAL
NATURAL
On Nepal-Tibet border looms the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, named after Sir George Everest who first found it.
The world’s lowest land area, the Dead Sea is a salt lake in Israel-Jordan border.
The Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest ocean, crosses eastern Asia. The world’s deepest ocean trenches are found in South Pacific – the deeps
off Marianas, Tonga, and the Philippines along eastern Mindanao.
World’s largest archipelago is Indonesia. The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on earth. Lake Baikal is the world’s deepest lake.
The world’s largest bay is Bengal Bay in India. The world’s longest strait id the
historic strait of Malacca between Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The narrowest strait is the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines
MAN-MADE
The Great Wall of China is the most colossal edifice ever fashioned by human hands. Extending 6,400 km long across North China, it took more than ten years and 200,000 men to complete.
The Ifugao Rice Terraces of the Philippines are another Asia’s man made wonder, built about 2,000 years ago on the Mountain slopes of Northern Luzon.
The Taj Mahal (Temple of the Beloved), a magnificent marble tomb in India is hailed by the westerners as “the most beautiful and most perfect of all buildings in the world”.
Angkor Wat, a Hindu temple city, was the capital of Khmer empire. Built for King Suryavarman in the 12th century, it is Cambodia’s most famous temple and the largest religious monument in the world.