EAST ASIA GEOGRAPHY

HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS

• Separate the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Pleteau.
• It is home to the highest mountain Mount Everest.
• The climate ranges from tropical at the bottom to ice at the top.
• Several places in the Himalayas are of Hindu significance.
• They are a result of the movement of tectonic plates.

GOBI DESERT

• It is the fifth largest desert.
• It is a colder desert with frost and sometimes snow.
• It is where the first dinosaur eggs were supposed to be found.
• It is expanding due to human deforestation and overgrazing.
• The Gobi has a history of nomadic explorers in the 20th century.

YELLOW SEA

• It is the northern part of the East China Sea.
• Located between the Mainland China and the Korean Peninsula.
• Has cold dry winters and strong monsoons that blow in during late November and March.
• Rich in seaweed, shellfish, and clams.
• The waters are used by the 250 inhabitants that live there to fish.

TAIWAN

• Is a state in East China originally based on the mainland.
• Originally inhabited by the Taiwanese people till the 17th century when Chinese began inhabiting the island.
• Was joined to the Asian mainland.
• It is potato shaped and has mostly rugged mountains.
• Today it has a dynamic, capitalist, export country.

CHANG JIANG RIVER

• It is also called Yangtze River.
• Third longest river in the world.
• Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam are the two dams on the river.
• Home to four threatened species the Chinese Alligator,Finless Porpoise,Chinese Paddlefish, and Yangtze River Dolphin.
• In 2002 they reconnected lakes to the Yangtze River helping out farmers and reduced lake flooding.