GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

HKAKABO RAZI MOUNTAIN

• 1 earthquake every 50 years with 7.0 Richter
• Highest mountain in Myanmar
• Before 1993, foreigners weren't allowed
• Perennially ice capped

MEKONG RIVER

• Flows 2,600 miles from inland China to South China Sea
• Approx. 80% of Cambodians' protein source
• Antonia de Faria was the 1st person from Europe to see Mekong
• 60 million people live in the Mekong basin

GREAT VICTORIA DESERT

• 3rd largest desert in the world
• 1st crossed by European explorer Ernest Giles in 1875
• Extremely large amount of vegetation for a desert
• Named after queen Victoria

GREAT DIVIDING RANGE

• 3rd longest land-based range in the world
• Few mountains rise higher than 5,000 feet
• Force moisture bearing winds to rise and shed rain before moving inland
• Consists of complex mountain ranges, plateaus, & upland areas

BROTHERS VOLCANO

• Active submarine volcano
• Oval shaped caldera summit is 3-3.5 km wide
• 1350 meters below sea level
• Dome of volcano rises 350 m. above sea floor

FIJI

• Most mountains are dormant or extinct volcanoes
• 194,000 square km big but only 10% of that is land
• Mt. Tomanivi (1324 m.) is the highest point on Fiji
• 50 groups of hot springs that are enjoyed by tourists

MICRONESIA

• Fertile and rich in minerals
• Largest islands are Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, & Kosrae
• Prance from high and mountainous to low coral atolls
• Volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, & Chuuk

EASTER ISLAND

• It is only 63 square km
• Formed by 3 extinct volcanoes
• Became over populated and resources were used up
• They have moai statues (the big heads)

OHIO RANGE, ANTARCTICA

• In Transantarctic range
• Large snow topped plateau with steep cliffs and flat top mts
• Central part of range is occupied by Buckeye Table (plateau)
• The range is 30 miles long and 10 miles wide

PHILIPPINES

• Over 7,100 islands
• Only 7% of islands re bigger than a mile
• Highest peak is Mount Apo (9,690 ft)
• Coastline of 10,850 miles (2x the size of California's)