EAST ASIA

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

• Himalaya mountains
• 1. The Himalayas stretch across the northeastern portion of India. They cover approximately 1,500 mi
• 2. Passes through the nations of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal.
• 3. The Himalayan range is made up of three parallel ranges often referred as Greater Himalaya
• 4. Himalayas, a mountain system in southern Asia, the highest in the world.

YELLOW SEA

• It covers roughly 180,000 square miles
• Reaches a maximum depth of about 300 feet
• brings enormous amounts of yellow silt into the sea
• sand particles from Gobi Desert sand storms turn surface of the water into a gold

PLATEAU OF TIBET

• The highest and biggest plateau on Earth
• Formed 55 million years ago.
• Covering an area the size of western Europe
• area of 2.5 million square kilometers

MANCHURIAN PLAIN

• Manchurian lies between the great ceives in excess of 600 mm.
• Manchurian the northeastern part of China
• Manchuria is bordered by Mongolia, Russia, North Korea
• Manchuria is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun

GULF OF TONKIN

• Area: total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200
• Area - comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico
• Coastline: 3,444 km (excludes islands)
• Elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m

ALTAI MOUNTAINS

• The name "Altay" (or "Altai") comes from Mongolian "Altan"
• which means "golden"
• covers vast 845,000 square kilometer area
• Area: Western Siberia, south, Altai mountains