GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

HIMALAYA

• separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
• home to the planet's highest peaks
• include over a hundred mountains exceeding 7,200 meters
• cross six countries:Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan

GOBI

• covers parts of China and Mongolia
• has several different Chinese names
• fifth-largest desert in the world and Asia's largest
• with frost and occasionally snow occurring on its dunes

HUNSHU

• largest and most populous island of Japan
• population of 103 million
• largely based on fishing and agriculture
• island is nominally divided into five regions

PLATEAU OF TIBET

• Also known as Qinghai-Tibet (Qingzang) Plateau
• elevation exceeding 4,500 meters
• sometimes called "the Roof of the World"
• An area of 970,000 sq mi

TAKLIMAKAN DESERT

• An area of 130,116 sq. mi.
• includes the Tarim Basin
• is a paradigmatic cold desert
• little water and hazardous to cross

MEKONG

• world's 12th-longest river
• An area of 307,000 sq mi
• three types of fish habitats
• trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia