EAST ASIA

TAIWAN

• Largest city: New Taipei City
• December 2013 estimate 23,373,517 people
• Currency: new Taiwan dollar
• Drivers drive on the right side

Yangtze River

• Between mountians
• Flows through around 27 cities
• 3,915 miles long
• Is sometimes called the long river

GRAND CANAL

• Longest canal or river in the world
• 1,104 miles long
• Sometimes called Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
• Highest point is around 130 feet

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU

• part of the Central Asian Plateau
• Sayan and Khentii mountains to the north
• elevation of roughly 1,000 to 1,500 meters
• highest point in Altai

HIMALAYA MTNS

• Elevation 29,029 ft
• Cross six countries
• 1,500 mi long
• Planets highest peak

PACIFIC OCEAN

• Largest ocean
• Area: 63.78 million sq mi
• Has a south and north
• Eastern was sighted by Europeans