EAST ASIA FEATURES

East China Sea

• Has an area of 249,000 sq. miles
• Is part of the Pacific Ocean
• Borders the East Asian midland
• Yangtze River separates it from the Yellow Sea
• Most of the shelf dates back 300 million years

GOBI DESERT

• Covers parts of China and Mongolia
• Fifth largest desert in the world
• Home to the first ever found fossilized dinosaur egg
• Marco Polo encountered its fabled cities
• It's expansion threatens human habitation

YELLOW SEA

• North of the East China Sea
• Measures about 600 miles
• Famous for its fishing grounds
• Its sea floor slopes
• Has very cold, dry winters & wet, warm summers

WEST RIVER ( XI JANG)

• Western tributary of the Pearl River
• Contains over 380 freshwater fish
• Commercial waterway of Southern China
• Navigable for its entire length
• Largest of the Pearl River's tributaries

HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS

• Include the highest mountains in the world
• Has more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,00 ft.
• Have a profound significance to the people of South Asia
• Form the northern border of the Indian subcontinent
• Mt. Everest is located in the Himalayas