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Asia

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Countries of Asia

Afghanistan/ Armenia/ Azerbaijan /Bahrain/ Bangladesh/ Bhutan/ Brunei/ Cambodia/ China/ Georgia/ India/ Indonesia/ Iran/ Iraq/ Israel/ Japan/ Jordan/ Kazakhstan/ Kuwait/ Kyrgyzstan/ Laos/ Lebanon/ Malaysia/ Maldives/ Mongolia/ Myanmar/ Nepal/ "North Korea"/ Oman/ Pakistan/ Philippines/ Qatar/ Russia/ "Saudi Arabia"/ Singapore/ "South Korea"/ "Sri Lanka"/ Syria/ Tajikistan/ Thailand/ Timor-Leste/ Turkey Turkmenistan/ "United Arab Emirates"/ Uzbekistan/ Vietnam/ Yemen/

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China

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Longitude and Latitude Ranges

Latitude Range: 49 degrees N-- 19 degrees N Longitude Range: 74 degrees E-- 119 degrees E [2]

Large Bodies of Water

Yangtze River-- 3722 miles long Tonle Sap Lake-- 3860 sq. mi

Bordering Oceans

Pacific Ocean

Major Topographic Features

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau --4000 meters above sea level

Mt. Everest-- 8448 meters above sea level

Mongolia Plateau

Loess Plateau

Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Tarim Basin

Junggar Basin

Sichuan Basin

Northeast Plain

North China Plain

Yangtze Plain

Himalaya Mountain Range [3]

Elevation Range

8448 meters above sea level--- 154 meters below sea level [4]

Average Monthly Temperature (Fahrenheit) & Rainfall

      Highs:    Lows:       Rainfall(inches):
Jan. :34         15       0.1               
Feb. :39         19       0.2
Mar. :52         30       0.4  
Apr. :67         45       1.0
May. :79         55       1.1
Jun. :86         64       2.8
Jul. :87         70       6.9
Aug. :85         68       7.2
Sep. :78         57       1.9
Oct. :66         45       1.7
Nov. :50         31       0.2
Dec. :37         19       0.1

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Climate Zone

Climate:

Prevailing Winds: In North China, there is the South Westerlies and in the South there is the North Easterlies.[6]

Ocean Currents:File:Http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/oceancurrents.gif

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Japan

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Russia

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Citations

http://www.indexmundi.com/china/elevation_extremes.html

http://lasauniversity.tripod.com/water.html

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/asia/

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001763.html

http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html

http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/222905.html