EAST ASIA

SEA OF JAPAN

• A marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland,
• and the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin.
• It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.
• It has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean.
• The sea has no large islands, bays or capes.

TAIWAN

• It is officially the Republic of China.
• The East China Sea lies to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east.
• The Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait directly to the south, and the South China Sea to the southwest.
• All are arms of the Pacific Ocean.
• The shape of the main island of Taiwan is similar to a sweet potato.

KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

• They are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia.
• They form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
• Kunlun means the mountain belt that runs across the center of China.
• The source of the Yellow River.

PLATEAU OF TIBET

• It is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia.
• It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres north to south.
• The Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World".
• The Tibetan Plateau is the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams.

KOREA STRAIT

• The Korea Strait is a sea passage between Japan and South Korea.
• It connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
• The strait is split by the Tsushima Island.
• To the north it is bounded by the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula.

HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER)

• It is the second-longest river in Asia.
• It empties into the Bohai Sea.
• It drains into Gyaring Lake and Ngoring Lake.
• It flows generally eastward across the North China Plain.