Geography Asia Flashcards
Asia also known as
Continent of heterogeneity | Home of the man
Asia land mass
44 million sq km
Latitude location ———
North: 81 degrees (78)
South: 10 degrees
Longitude location |
East: 25 degrees
West: 170 degrees
Asia makes up ___ percent of world’s land mass
29.92 percent
Asia surrounded by
East: Pacific Ocean
South: Indian ocean
North: Arctic ocean
West: Europe
Asia size (E, W, N, S)
North to South: 8600 km
East to west : 9600 km
World’s ___ percent population lives in Asia
60 percent
Land connection asia and north America
Bering Strait
Dry grassy plain found along Europe and Asia
Eurasian Steppes ( eastern europe, along top of central asia and china into Mongolia)
Asia’s (one of the world’s) coldest places
Verkhoyansk (Russia) (-37 degrees)
Deepest lake in the world
Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia)
Countries that fall both in Europe and Asia
Turkey
Russia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Asia and europe connected by ___ mountains
Ural mountains
Caucasus mountains
World’s largest and tallest plateau
Tibet’s Pamir Plateau (5000 meters)
Roof of the world
Tibet’s Pamir Plateau
World’s deepest gorge
Kaligandaki gorge (depth 5,571 m) in the Annapurna Himalayan Range
World’s deepest valley
Brahmaputra valley (Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) (5500 m)
Arun Valley -2000 m deep
World’s largest population
India
China
USA
Country in asia wity most languages spoken
India (450 or more languages)
Lowest point on Earth
Dead Sea (between Israel and Jordan)
Rains the most/ wettest spot in the world
Cherrapunji / Mawsynram (Meghalaya, India)
Sea between Asia and Africa
Red Sea
Connection between Asia and Africa
Isthmus of Suez (also separates the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea)
Sea between Asia and North America
Bering Sea
Longest glacier in the world (outside of polar region)
Fedchenko glacier in Tajikstan (77 km long)
Second longest glacier (outside polar region)
Siachen glacier ( Karakoram range of Himalayas) 75 km long
World’s biggest lake
Caspian sea (central Asia) 386,000 sq km
Caspian Sea surrondings
Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan
Major rivers in Asia
Huang He (Yellow river) , Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus, Yangtze, Mekong
Biggest country in asia
Russia
China
India
Kazakhstan
Saudi Arabia
Pearl of the Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka
Old name of Vietnam
Champa ( from 2nd to 17th century)
Annam
Mount Everest height
8,849 m
Number of countries in Asia
48
Smallest country in Asia
Maldives