GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES: ASIA

HIMALAYAS

• Home of the worlds tallest peaks
• Crosses six countries
• Among the youngest mountain ranges on the planet.
• Rises about 5 mm a year.

GOBI DESERT

• Rain shadow desert
• 500,000 sq mi
• Fifth largest desert in the world.

YANGTZE RIVER

• Longest river in Asia, third largest in the world
• 3,988 miles long
• Starts at 16,960 ft above seal level.
• Suffers from a lot of industrial pollution.

NORTH CHINA PLAIN

• Based on deposits from Yellow River
• 158,100 sq mi long
• Main area for agriculture in China
• Highly populated.

KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

• One of the longest mountain ranges in Asia.
• About 250 million years old
• Seismic activity still occurs in the range
• Several peeks exceed 20,000 ft

YELLOW RIVER

• Sixth longest in the world
• Crosses through 7 provinces
• Carries 1.6 billion tons of silt
• Average discharge is 2,110 cubic meters of water per second.