PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
1)
GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES
- North: The Glacial Arctic Ocean
- East: the Pacific Ocean
- South: The Indian
Ocean
-West: The Red sea, The Suez Canal, The Mediterranean Sea, The
Black Sea, The Caucasus, The Caspian Sea and the Urals
2) ELEMENTS
OF THE RELIEF
Plains:
WESTERN SIBERIAN PLAIN, NORTHERN SIBERIAN PLAIN
Plateaus:
IRANIAN PLATEAU, PAMIR PLATEAU, DECCAN PLATEAU, TIBETAN PLATEAU, MONGOLIAN
PLATEAU, CENTRAL SIBERIAN PLATEAU
Mountain ranges:
THE URALS, THE CAUCASUS, TAURUS MOUNTAINS, ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, KARAKORUM, HINDU-KUSH, HIMALAYA
Peaks:
EVEREST (Himalaya), KANCHENJUNGA (Indian Himalaya)
Deserts: ARABIAN DESERT, TAKLAMAKAN DESERT,
GOBI DESERT
3)
ELEMENTS OF THE COAST
Oceans:
ARCTIC OCEAN,
PACIFIC OCEAN
and INDIAN OCEAN
Seas:
KARA SEA, LAPTEV
SEA, EAST SIBERIAN SEA, BERING SEA, SEA OF OKHOTSK, SEA OF JAPAN, YELLOW SEA,
EAST CHINA SEA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, ARABIAN SEA, RED SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, BLACK
SEA, CASPIAN SEA, and ARAL SEA
Peninsulas:
PENINSULA OF
TALMIR, KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, KOREAN PENINSULA, INDOCHINESE PENINSULA, MALAY
PENINSULA, HINDUSTAN PENINSULA, ARABIAN PENINSULA, ANATOLIAN PENINSULA
Isles:
- Glacial Arctic Ocean:
NEW ZEMBLA
- Pacific Ocean:
SAJALIN, KURIL
ISLANDS, JAPANESE ARCHIPELAGO, FORMOSA, HAINAN,
THE
PHILIPPINES, BORNEO, CELEBES,
-Indian Ocean:
SUMATRA, JAVA, SRI
LANKA, MALDIVES
Gulfs/bays/estuaries:
PERSIAN GULF,GULF OF ADEN, GULF OF OMAN, ARABIAN GULF, BAY OF BENGAL, GULF OF THAILAND,
GULF OF TONKIN, BAY OF KOREA, OBI’S ESTUARY
Capes:
CAPE COMORIN
Straits/Canals:
SUEZ CANAL, STRAIT OF MALACCA, STRAIT
OF KOREA, BERING
STRAIT
4)
ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY
Rivers:
- Arctic ocean basin: OBI, YENISEI, LENA
- Yellow sea basin: HWANG-HO
- East China
Sea basin: YANGTZE
- South China Sea basin: MEKONG
- Indian Ocean basin: GANGES, BRAHAMAPUTRA
- Arabian Sea and Persian
Gulf: INDUS, TIGRIS, EUPHRATES
Lakes:
BALKHASH, BAIKAL
Wetlands: LENA´S DELTA, GANGES’
DELTA
