Earth Science 7- Northern Asia 2

Earth Science 7-Global Regions Index

Northern Asia

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Countries

Japan China Mongolia Korea Russia Afghanistan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Taiwan. 1

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude: 18-81 degrees North. 1

Longitude: 28 degrees East, 169 degrees West. 1

Elevation Range

The highest point is Mount Everest with 8,850 m. 1

The lowest point is The Caspian Sea with -132 m. 1

Bordering Oceans Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean. 1

Large Bodies of Water

Lake Decalog Korea Bay Lake Baikal. 2

Major Seas

Sea of Japan East China Sea South China Sea Yellow Sea. 1

Sea of Japan

Topographic Features

Ural Mountains Himalayas Mountains Tibetan Plateau Gobi Desert Taklamakan Desert Subarctic Climate in Siberia Tundra in Siberia Altai Mountains Steppes in Kazakhstan and Mongolia 3

Rivers

Yangtze Yenisei Lena Ob Amur The Pearl Ural River The Yellow Lao He. 2

Climate

Much of Northern Asia is part of the climate zone humid continental. 4 Climate types include humid, severe and dry winters, and hot summers. 4 In Northern Asia the main climate tends to include snow, arid, polar, and warm temperatures. 5 Precipitation in Northern Asia falls into the categories of fully humid, desert, and a dry winter. 5 Temperature in Northern Asia varies greatly but which part of the region you are in. 5 The climate is a result of the many climate controls. The climate controls are the several mountain ranges, deserts, tundra, and of course the bordering oceans. More climate controls are the elevation and the latitude.

References

http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ 1 http://www.tulane.edu/~riomar/images/Chapter%201.pdf 2 http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/maps/physical/etopo.html 3 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/climate_max.htm 4 http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/present.htm 5

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