10 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATUrES

THE HIMALAYAS

• Rise to elevations of 24,000 feet
• "Himalaya" is a Sanskrit word which literally means "Abode of Snow"
• These mountains cover an area of 612,021 sq. km,
• separates the Indian subcontinent from Central Asia

THE GOBI DESERT

• The largest desert in asia
• The fifth largest in the world
• Area: 500,000 sq miles (1.295 million km²)
• Elevation: 5,184' (1,580 m)

GREAT VICTORIAN DESERT

• Its size is 424,400 km2 (163,900 miles2)
• was first crossed by the European explorer Ernest Giles in 1875
• The rainfall range is 200 - 250 mm a year
• between 30 and 40°C (90 - 105F) in the summer

DARLING RIVER

• Length: 915 miles (1,472 km)
• Longest member of the Murray–Darling river system
• 1,702 mi long
• 150 mi from the Murray’s mouth in South Australia

SOUTHERN ALPS

• It is the highest range in Australasia
• They vary in elevation from 3,000 feet (900 metres) to 16 peaks above 10,000 feet (3,050 metres)
• Known as the maine divide
• It forms a natural dividing range along the entire length of the South Island

THE STRAIT OF TAIWAN

• also called Formosa Strait
• 100 miles (160 km) wide
• It lays between china and the island of taiwan
• It reaches a depth of about 230 feet

THE PHILIPPINES

• over 7,100 individual islands counted within its borders
• Along the ring of fire
• On the western edge of the pacific ocean
• It lies about 500 miles off the coast of the asian continent

THE yangtze RIVER

• Yangtze river means long river in chines
• the longest river in China
• It is 6,300 kilometers long
• It is the third longest river in the world

THE GULF OF THAILAND

• Its width is 350 miles
• It is about 450 miles long
• The Chao Phraya and Nakhon Chai Si rivers enter the gulf near its hea
• Its main gulf is Bangkok

THE JAVA SEA

• It is about 900 miles wide
• It is 260 miles long
• It has a total surface area of 167,000 square miles
• it has a mean depth of 151 feet