Geographic Features
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Geologically, the Malay archipelago is one of the most volcanically active regions in the world.
- The highest mountain in the Southeast Asia is Hkakabo Razi at 5,967 meters
- It can be found in northern Burma sharing the same range of its parent peak, Mount Everest.
- The largest archipelago in the world by size is Indonesia
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Indochina or Indo-China is a peninsula in Southeast Asia
- The name has its origins in the French Indochine as a combination of the names of "India" and "China", referring to the location of the territory between those two countries,
- though the majority of people in the region are neither Chinese nor Indian.
- The term may also be used in biogeography for the "Indochinese Region
AUSTRALIA
- Australia is located in Oceania between the Indian and South Pacific Oceans.
- There are however fertile plains in the southeast.
- Australia's climate is mostly arid to semiarid
- the south and east are temperate and the north is tropical.
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AUSTRALIA
- In its waters, around 89% of Australia's fish species both inland and offshore are endemic.
- Although most of Australia is arid desert, it supports a wide range of diverse habitats
- It also has the greatest number of reptile species in the world
- There are however fertile plains in the southeast.
NEW ZEALAND
- New Zealand is an island country located 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Australia in Oceania.
- New Zealand consists of a number of different islands with varying climates.
- Most of the country has mild temperatures with high rainfal
- The main portions of the country are the North and South islands that are separated by the Cook Strait.
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MELANESIA
- distinction is often made between the islands of New Guinea and what is known as Island Melanesia which consists of "the chain of archipelagos, islands, atolls, and reefs
- reefs forming the outer bounds of the sheltered oval-shaped coral sea
- The country of Vanuatu is composed of the New Hebrides island
- New Caledonia is composed of a single large island and several smaller chains
MICRONESIA
- Micronesia is composed of the island states of Yap, Chuuk
- The islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low coral atolls.
- with volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk.
- They are located 3,200 mi (5,150 km) west-southwest of Hawaii, in the north Pacific Ocean.
POLYNESIA
- Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian Triangle,
- ographically, the Polynesian Triangle is drawn by connecting the points of Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island. T
- The other main island groups located within the Polynesian Triangle are Samoa, Tonga,
- There are also small Polynesian settlements in Papua New Guinea,
INDONESIA
- Indonesia lies between latitudes 11°S and 6°N, and longitudes 95°E and 141°E.
- It consists of 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited.
- These are scattered over both sides of the equator.
- Indonesia shares maritime borders across narrow straits with Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Palau to the north, and with Australia to the south.
PHILIPPINES
- The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands[
- with a total land area, including inland bodies of water, of approximately 300,000 square kilometers
- Most of the mountainous islands are covered in tropical rainforest and volcanic in origin
- The highest mountain is Mount Apo.
