EAST ASIA

GOBI DESERT

• The Gobi desert covers parts of northern China, and southern Mongolia.
• Gobi means waterless place.
• The Gobi is about 500,000 square miles.
• The Gobi is the largest desert region located in Asia.
• Only 5% of the Gobi desert is sand dunes.

HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS

• The Himalayas means the abode of snow.
• 75% of Nepal is covered by the Himalayas.
• The Himalayas is the youngest mountain range in the world.
• The Himalayas is the tallest mountain range in the world.
• 31 of the Himalayan peaks exceed 7,600 meters.

YELLOW RIVER

• The Yellow River or Huang He is the second-longest river in Asia.
• The yellow river is know as the mother river of China.
• The yellow river is about 3,395 miles long.
• The headwaters of the yellow river lie in the Kunlun Mountains
• The yellow river is the sixth largest river in the world

SEA OF JAPAN

• The Sea of Japan is also know as the East Sea.
• The Sea is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.
• The Sea of Japan is 377,600 square miles.
• The Sea of Japan can get up to 12,276 feet deep.
• The Sea of Japan is located in the western Pacific Ocean.

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU

• Grasslands cover two-thirds of central Mongolia.
• Mongolian plateau provides grazing land for horses, oxen, sheep, goats, and camels.
• The Mongolian plateau is part of the Central Asia plateau.
• The Mongolian plateau is approximately 2,600,000 square kilometres.
• The Greater Hinggan Mountains border the Mongolian plateau on the east.