East Asia by Lane Sorensen

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East Asia

Published on Dec 11, 2015

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East Asia
By: Lane Sorensen

The Ring of Fire is a narrow band of volcanoes that nearly encircles the Pacific Ocean. 75% of world’s active volcanoes are here.

East Asia features many islands & archipelagos
Japan is an archipelago
Chain of islands
Over 3000 tiny islands

Lots of earthquakes in this area

Also there is some tsunami in east Asia as well

●China is home to 3 of the world’s largest cold deserts.
–Gobi (largest desert in Asia)
–Taklimakan (the sea of death)
–Chang Tang
(plateau of Tibet)

●Three major rivers are a lifeline to Asia
–Yangtze (longest)
–Huang He
(Yellow)
–Mekong

Loess – fertile topsoil spread by wind; largely agricultural society

●China: very rich in natural resources
–Oil, coal, iron, etc.

Much of Southeast Asia is covered by rainforest

Lane Sorensen

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