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Published on Nov 18, 2015
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SEA OF JAPAN
- has it has almost no tides because of its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean
- The Sea of Japan has no large islands, bays or capes
- Fishing is the dominant activity in the area
- There's a big argument about the name, The East Sea is a proposal instead of Sea of Japan
- There are more than 800 species of aquatic plants due to the dissolved oxygen
Photo by paukrus
KYUSHU
- Third largest island in Japan
- Kyushu has a population of 14.5 million people
- It has eight prefectures: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa.
- The main crops are tobacco, rice, tea, citrus fruits, and sweet potatoes
- It s composed of a complex system of volcanic ranges
Photo by caseyyee
HAUNG HE
- It is the worlds sixth longest river
- Has flooded so often that it I'd known as the river of sorrow
- The rivers worst flood was in 1931, nearly 1 million people died
- The river has changed course at least five major times
- It is called the yellow river because of the colour of silts that are carried downstream
Photo by Göran Höglund (Kartläsarn)
ALTAI
- In Turkic and Mongolia languages the name Altai means "golden mountains"
- Many animals are found here like deer, reindeer, moose, boar, gazelle, etc
- Has three subdivisions Soviet Altai, Mongolian, and Gobi Altai
- Belukha is the highest point at 14,783 feet
- Various rodents, eagles, hawks, krestels, snow leopards, mountain goats and ram populate it
Photo by Andrew Kudrin
PLATEAU OF TIBET
- Has nicknames such as "roof of the world", "Asian water tower", and the "third pole"
- It is the highest plateau in the world over 4,500 feet
- It “… is heating up twice as fast as the global average of 1.3 degree F over the past century"
- has the largest canyon in the world Yarlung Zangbo River Great Canyon
- Tibet is also one of the regions in the world with the most gorges
Photo by ryry9379
