Land Forms
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PACIFIC OCEAN
- Largest & deepest ocean; 70,000,000 miles
- Named by explorer Ferdinand Magellan
- Average depth of 14,000 feet
- Occupies about 1/3 of the earths surface
Photo by mikebaird
GRAND CANAL
- Largest canal or artificial river in the world
- Extends over 1,000 ft; from Beijing to hangzhou
- Took mor than 2,000 yrs to make it
- About 200 ft wide & 2-15 ft deep
Photo by HarshLight
YELLOW RIVER
- Second largest river in the world
- Nearly 45% of its water is from glaciers
- Reaches over 3,400 miles
- Supplies water to 12% of the Chinese people
Photo by felibrilu
HONSHU ISLANDS
- Over 89,000 square miles
- Largest & most important island in japan
- Most of Japan's great ports are on Honshu
- Mostly mountainless, limited arable land.
Photo by Travis Hornung
HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS
- Mount Everest is the highest peak on the Himalayas
- 3rd largest deposit of ice and snow
- Covers approximately 1,500 miles
- Approximately 15,000 glaciers on these mountains
Photo by eriktorner
