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== Tectonic Plates ==
 
== Tectonic Plates ==
  
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Boundaries in Northern Asia include the continental-continental boundary of the Indian and Eurasian plates which creates the Himalayas, the oceanic-continenal boundary of the Pacific plate and the Eurasian plate which causes the Japan Trench, and the continental-continental or oceanic-oceanic depending on location boundary between the Eurasian and Pacific plates. The boundaries are mostly passive except for the borders on Kamchatka and Japan which are subduction zones.
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Boundaries in Northern Asia include the continental-continental boundary of the Indian and Eurasian plates which creates the Himalayas, the oceanic-continenal boundary of the Pacific plate and the Eurasian plate which causes the Japan Trench, and the continental-continental or oceanic-oceanic depending on location boundary between the Eurasian and Pacific plates. The boundaries are mostly passive except for the borders on Kamchatka and Japan which are subduction zones. 6
  
 
         Volcanoes  
 
         Volcanoes  
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Major Volcanoes include the Udokan Plateaui and  Balagan-Tas in Russia. From Kamchatka to the South of Japan is one large volcanic arc with to many volcanoes to list, with the largest being Mount Fuji. China has Turfan, the Tiashan Group, and Honggeertu. Mongolia has the Khanuy Gol volcano.
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MASHKOVTSEV Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KAMBALNY Stratovolcano         Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KOSHELEV Stratovolcano       Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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YAVINSKY Stratovolcano         Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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DIKY GREBEN Lava domes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KURILE LAKE Caldera Radiocarbon Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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ILYINSKY Stratovolcano        Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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ZHELTOVSKY Stratovolcano        Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KELL Stratovolcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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BELENKAYA Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KSUDACH Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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OZERNOY Shield volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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OLKOVIY VOLCANIC GROUP Holocene Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KHODUTKA Stratovolcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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PIRATKOVSKY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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OSTANETS Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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OTDELNIY Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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GOLAYA Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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ASACHA Complex volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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VISOKIY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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MUTNOVSKY Complex volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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GORELY Caldera Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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OPALA Caldera Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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UNNAMED Cinder cone Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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TOLMACHEV DOL Cinder cones Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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VILYUCHIK Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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BARKHATNAYA SOPKA Lava domes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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UNNAMED Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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UNNAMED Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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BOLSHE-BANNAYA Lava domes Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KORYAKSKY Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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AVACHINSKY Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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DZENZURSKY Compound volcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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ZHUPANOVSKY Compound volcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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VEER Cinder cones Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KOSTAKAN Cinder cones Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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BAKENING Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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ZAVARITSKY Cinder cones Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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AKADEMIA NAUK Stratovolcanoes Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KARYMSKY Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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MALY SEMIACHIK Caldera Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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BOLSHOI SEMIACHIK Stratovolcanoes Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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TAUNSHITS Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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UZON Calderas Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KIKHPINYCH Stratovolcanoes Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KRASHENINNIKOV Caldera Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KRONOTSKY Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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SCHMIDT Shield volcano Holocene Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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GAMCHEN Complex volcano Tephrochronology Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KOMAROV Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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VYSOKY Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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KIZIMEN Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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UNNAMED Cinder cones Holocene? Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
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TOLBACHIK Shield volcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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UDINA Stratovolcanoes Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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ZIMINA Stratovolcanoes Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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BEZYMIANNY Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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KAMEN Stratovolcano Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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KLIUCHEVSKOI Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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USHKOVSKY Compound volcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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SHIVELUCH Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia)
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PIIP Submarine volcano Tephrochronology East of Kamchatka (Russia)
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KHANGAR Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Western Kamchatka (Russia)
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CHERPUK GROUP Pyroclastic cones Radiocarbon Western Kamchatka (Russia)
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ICHINSKY Stratovolcano Historical Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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MALY PAYALPAN Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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BOLSHOI PAYALPAN Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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PLOSKY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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AKHTANG Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KOZYREVSKY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ROMANOVKA Stratovolcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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UKSICHAN Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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BOLSHOI-KEKUKNAYSKY Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KULKEV Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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GEODESISTOY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ANAUN Stratovolcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KRAINY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KEKURNY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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EGGELLA Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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UNNAMED Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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VERKHOVOY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ALNEY-CHASHAKONDZHA Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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CHERNY Stratovolcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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POGRANYCHNY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ZAOZERNY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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BLIZNETS Stratovolcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KEBENEY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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FEDOTYCH Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SHISHEIKA Lava dome Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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TERPUK Shield volcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SEDANKINSKY Shield volcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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LEUTONGEY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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TUZOVSKY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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GORNY INSTITUTE Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KINENIN Maar Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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BLIZNETSY Lava cone Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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TITILA Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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MEZHDUSOPOCHNY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SHISHEL Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ELOVSKY Shield volcanoes Tephrochronology Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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ALNGEY Stratovolcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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UKA Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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KAILENEY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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PLOSKY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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BELY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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NYLGIMELKIN Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SNEZHNIY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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IKTUNUP Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SPOKOINY Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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OSTRY Stratovolcano Holocene Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SNEGOVOY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SEVERNY Shield volcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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IETTUNUP Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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VOYAMPOLSKY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
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SIKHOTE-ALIN Volcanic field Holocene Southeastern Russia
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UDOKAN PLATEAU Pyroclastic cones Radiocarbon Southeastern Russia
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VITIM PLATEAU Cinder cones Holocene Southeastern Russia
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TUNKIN DEPRESSION Volcanic field Holocene? Southeastern Russia
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OKA PLATEAU Cinder cones Holocene Southeastern Russia
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AZAS PLATEAU Volcanic field Holocene Southeastern Russia
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TARYATU-CHULUTU Volcanic field Radiocarbon Mongolia
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KHANUY GOL Volcanic field Holocene Mongolia
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BUS-OBO Cinder cone Holocene? Mongolia
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DARIGANGA VOLCANIC FIELD Cinder cones Holocene Mongolia
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MIDDLE GOBI Cinder cones Holocene? Mongolia
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TURFAN Cone Historical Western China
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TIANSHAN VOLCANIC GROUP Volcanic field Historical Western China
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KUNLUN VOLCANIC GROUP Pyroclastic cones Historical Western China
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UNNAMED Volcanic field Uncertain Western China
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HONGGEERTU Cinder cones Holocene? Eastern China
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ARSHAN Cinder cones Radiocarbon Eastern China
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KELUO GROUP Pyroclastic cones Holocene Eastern China
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WUDALIANCHI Volcanic field Historical Eastern China
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JINGBO Volcanic field Radiocarbon Eastern China
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LONGGANG GROUP Cinder cones Radiocarbon Eastern China
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CHANGBAISHAN Stratovolcano Historical China-Korea border
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XIANJINDAO Unknown Uncertain Korea
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CH'UGA-RYONG Shield volcano Holocene? Korea
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ULREUNG Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Korea
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HALLA Shield volcano Historical Korea
  
 
   
 
   
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The largest earthquakes in the region ever were a 1976 earthquake in Tangstan, China,a 1920 earthquake in Haiyun China, a 1948 one in Ashgabat Turkministan, a 1923 one in Kanto Japan, and a 2008 one in Eastern Sichuan, China 19
 
The largest earthquakes in the region ever were a 1976 earthquake in Tangstan, China,a 1920 earthquake in Haiyun China, a 1948 one in Ashgabat Turkministan, a 1923 one in Kanto Japan, and a 2008 one in Eastern Sichuan, China 19
  
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The vast majority of the earthquakes in the region are on the boundrie of the Pacific and Eurasian Plates in the areas of Kamchatka and Japan
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The vast majority of the earthquakes in the region are on the boundrie of the Pacific and Eurasian Plates in the areas of Kamchatka and Japan 6
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 21:07, 1 May 2012

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

Wave Action

Tsunami waves are much longer than common ocean waves. In the open ocean, the water may take from 5 minutes to over 1 hour to reach its highest level and fall back again as a tsunami wave passes. The deeper the water is, the faster a tsunami wave travels. In the Pacific Ocean basin, where depths average about 13,000 feet , tsunami waves can travel up to 600 miles per hour, as fast as a jet aircraft. As a tsunami wave approaches land, its speed drops to about 20 to 30 miles per hour. As the wave’s speed decreases, its height usually grows by at least three times. The resulting flood of water can surge more than 2/3 mile inland and pile up in certain places to reach elevations higher than 100 feet above sea level. 9

Ice Cover

During the last ice age much of the northern hemisphere was covered in ice and glaciers, and they covered nearly all of Canada, much of northern Asia and Europe, and extended well into the United States. But now there's only a few ice covered areas. 10

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The world during the last ice age.

Elevation Range

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

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


Bordering Oceans

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean. 1


Tides

Mixed tides, where successive high-water and low-water stands, are placed on the southern part of Northern Asia. Diurnal tides, tides have one high and one low water per tidal day, are found in the middle coast. The most common tide is the Semi-diurnal tides, which have two high and two low waters per tidal day. 7 Large tides occur along the Pacific rim. Some of the largest form off the west coast of Korea. There, the water is 15 to 30 feet (4.6 to 9.0 meters) deeper at high tide than at low tide. 8

Large Bodies of Water

Lake Decalog

Korea Bay

Lake Baikal. 2

Currents

The Alaska Current brings warmer water to Russia.

The Kamchatka Current brings cold water to eastern Russia.

Oyashio Current is a cold current that leads to Japan

North Pacific Current brings warm water to Japan and China. 7

The surface currents in most of the Pacific Ocean are parts of two gigantic, rotating systems of current known as gyres. One gyre is centered at about 30° north latitude and rotates clockwise. 8

Major Seas

Sea of Japan

East China Sea

South China Sea

Yellow Sea. 1

Sea of Japan

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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

Hentiyn Mountains. 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 by 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.

Deserts occur in Mongolia because of the Mongolian Plateau. Many Plateaus contain deserts.6 Because of the southern winds hitting the Himalayan Mountain range, it creates a much warmer temperature in China. 6 There are several small mountain ranges in Russia which provides for it's snowy weather. 6 Also these small mountains stop warm air currents from the south to create deserts on one side, and blizzards on the other. 6 The winds in Russia flow from the north which then trail down into Siberia, causing a colder climate. 6

Minerals Resources

In the earth of Northern Asia you can find metallic minerals such as Titanium, Copper, Tin, Gold, lead, Zinc, Uranium, Platinum, Iron. 11 Other resources in the region include coal, oil, and diamonds. 12 More resources contain natural gases. 13 In Uzbekistan many minerals mined there are coal, gold, uranium, silver, petroleum copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, and molybdenum.13 In Russia there is a volcano called Aaag. This volcano is made of a heavy layer of rock, magma and igneous rock. 14 The Dharwar belt is made up of an assemblage of gneisses, mitigates, and granites containing linear green stone belts in which volcanoes and sedimentary rocks, metamorphosed to a greater or lesser degree, are preserved. Some of the sediments contain rich hematite ores and manganese ores. Gold also occurs associated with basic volcanic rocks or intrusions in the green stone belts. The whole of the Dharwar belt is intruded by swarms of basic dykes, intruded towards the end of the main metamorphic episode, 2,600–2,300 million years ago. In the Aravalli region, banded gneisses of the same general age occur underlying later cover rocks. 16 Kazakhstan is the world’s 11th largest copper producer and has seen some dramatic production increases. 17 Russia has about 10% of global copper reserves. More than 50% of the deposits are being exploited or developed and are hosted primarily by sulphide ores. Mines under development have an average grade of over 1.5% copper. Russia is ranked 6th in the world in terms of copper production, with 55% of Russia’s production coming from Norilsk Nickel. 17 In 2000 Russia remained the world’s 3rd largest producer of diamonds, after Australia and Botswana. Russia accounts for 21% of global diamonds produced. 18


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Tectonic Plates

Boundaries in Northern Asia include the continental-continental boundary of the Indian and Eurasian plates which creates the Himalayas, the oceanic-continenal boundary of the Pacific plate and the Eurasian plate which causes the Japan Trench, and the continental-continental or oceanic-oceanic depending on location boundary between the Eurasian and Pacific plates. The boundaries are mostly passive except for the borders on Kamchatka and Japan which are subduction zones. 6 

       Volcanoes

MASHKOVTSEV Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KAMBALNY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KOSHELEV Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) 

	YAVINSKY	Stratovolcano	        Southern Kamchatka (Russia)

DIKY GREBEN Lava domes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KURILE LAKE Caldera Radiocarbon Southern Kamchatka (Russia) ILYINSKY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) ZHELTOVSKY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KELL Stratovolcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) BELENKAYA Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KSUDACH Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) OZERNOY Shield volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) OLKOVIY VOLCANIC GROUP Holocene Southern Kamchatka (Russia) KHODUTKA Stratovolcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) 

	PIRATKOVSKY	Stratovolcano		Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
	OSTANETS	Shield volcanoes		Southern Kamchatka (Russia)

OTDELNIY Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) GOLAYA Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) ASACHA Complex volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) VISOKIY Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) MUTNOVSKY Complex volcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) GORELY Caldera Southern Kamchatka (Russia) OPALA Caldera Southern Kamchatka (Russia) UNNAMED Cinder cone Southern Kamchatka (Russia) TOLMACHEV DOL Cinder cones Southern Kamchatka (Russia) VILYUCHIK Stratovolcano Southern Kamchatka (Russia) BARKHATNAYA SOPKA Lava domes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) UNNAMED Shield volcanoes Southern Kamchatka (Russia) 

	UNNAMED	Shield volcanoes		Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
	BOLSHE-BANNAYA	Lava domes		Southern Kamchatka (Russia)

KORYAKSKY Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) AVACHINSKY Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) DZENZURSKY Compound volcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) ZHUPANOVSKY Compound volcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) VEER Cinder cones Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KOSTAKAN Cinder cones Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) BAKENING Stratovolcano Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) 

	ZAVARITSKY	Cinder cones		Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)

AKADEMIA NAUK Stratovolcanoes Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KARYMSKY Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) MALY SEMIACHIK Caldera Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) BOLSHOI SEMIACHIK Stratovolcanoes Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) TAUNSHITS Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) UZON Calderas Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KIKHPINYCH Stratovolcanoes Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KRASHENINNIKOV Caldera Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KRONOTSKY Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) SCHMIDT Shield volcano Holocene Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) GAMCHEN Complex volcano Tephrochronology Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KOMAROV Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) VYSOKY Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) KIZIMEN Stratovolcano Historical Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) UNNAMED Cinder cones Holocene? Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) TOLBACHIK Shield volcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia) UDINA Stratovolcanoes Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia) ZIMINA Stratovolcanoes Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia) BEZYMIANNY Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia) KAMEN Stratovolcano Holocene Central Kamchatka (Russia) KLIUCHEVSKOI Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia) USHKOVSKY Compound volcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia) SHIVELUCH Stratovolcano Historical Central Kamchatka (Russia) 

	PIIP	Submarine volcano	Tephrochronology	East of Kamchatka (Russia)

KHANGAR Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Western Kamchatka (Russia) CHERPUK GROUP Pyroclastic cones Radiocarbon Western Kamchatka (Russia) ICHINSKY Stratovolcano Historical Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) MALY PAYALPAN Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	BOLSHOI PAYALPAN	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	PLOSKY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	AKHTANG	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	KOZYREVSKY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	ROMANOVKA	Stratovolcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

UKSICHAN Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) BOLSHOI-KEKUKNAYSKY Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	KULKEV	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	GEODESISTOY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	ANAUN	Stratovolcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	KRAINY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	KEKURNY	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	EGGELLA	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	UNNAMED	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

VERKHOVOY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) ALNEY-CHASHAKONDZHA Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	CHERNY	Stratovolcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	POGRANYCHNY	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	ZAOZERNY	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	BLIZNETS	Stratovolcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

KEBENEY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	FEDOTYCH	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

SHISHEIKA Lava dome Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) TERPUK Shield volcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	SEDANKINSKY	Shield volcano	Radiocarbon	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

LEUTONGEY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) TUZOVSKY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) GORNY INSTITUTE Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) KINENIN Maar Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) BLIZNETSY Lava cone Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) TITILA Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	MEZHDUSOPOCHNY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

SHISHEL Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) ELOVSKY Shield volcanoes Tephrochronology Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	ALNGEY	Stratovolcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	UKA	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	KAILENEY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

PLOSKY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	BELY	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

NYLGIMELKIN Shield volcanoes Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	SNEZHNIY	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)
	IKTUNUP	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

SPOKOINY Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) OSTRY Stratovolcano Holocene Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) SNEGOVOY Shield volcano Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) SEVERNY Shield volcano Radiocarbon Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	IETTUNUP	Shield volcanoes	Holocene?	Westerm Kamchatka (Russia)

VOYAMPOLSKY Shield volcanoes Holocene? Westerm Kamchatka (Russia) 

	SIKHOTE-ALIN	Volcanic field	Holocene	Southeastern Russia
	UDOKAN PLATEAU	Pyroclastic cones	Radiocarbon	Southeastern Russia
	VITIM PLATEAU	Cinder cones	Holocene	Southeastern Russia

TUNKIN DEPRESSION Volcanic field Holocene? Southeastern Russia OKA PLATEAU Cinder cones Holocene Southeastern Russia AZAS PLATEAU Volcanic field Holocene Southeastern Russia TARYATU-CHULUTU Volcanic field Radiocarbon Mongolia KHANUY GOL Volcanic field Holocene Mongolia 

	BUS-OBO	Cinder cone	Holocene?	Mongolia

DARIGANGA VOLCANIC FIELD Cinder cones Holocene Mongolia 

	MIDDLE GOBI	Cinder cones	Holocene?	Mongolia
	TURFAN	Cone	Historical	Western China
	TIANSHAN VOLCANIC GROUP	Volcanic field	Historical	Western China

KUNLUN VOLCANIC GROUP Pyroclastic cones Historical Western China 

	UNNAMED	Volcanic field	Uncertain	Western China
	HONGGEERTU	Cinder cones	Holocene?	Eastern China
	ARSHAN	Cinder cones	Radiocarbon	Eastern China
	KELUO GROUP	Pyroclastic cones	Holocene	Eastern China

WUDALIANCHI Volcanic field Historical Eastern China 

	JINGBO	Volcanic field	Radiocarbon	Eastern China

LONGGANG GROUP Cinder cones Radiocarbon Eastern China CHANGBAISHAN Stratovolcano Historical China-Korea border 

	XIANJINDAO	Unknown	Uncertain	Korea
	CH'UGA-RYONG	Shield volcano	Holocene?	Korea

ULREUNG Stratovolcano Radiocarbon Korea HALLA Shield volcano Historical Korea 


       Earthquakes

The largest earthquakes in the region ever were a 1976 earthquake in Tangstan, China,a 1920 earthquake in Haiyun China, a 1948 one in Ashgabat Turkministan, a 1923 one in Kanto Japan, and a 2008 one in Eastern Sichuan, China 19

The vast majority of the earthquakes in the region are on the boundrie of the Pacific and Eurasian Plates in the areas of Kamchatka and Japan 6

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 Google Earth. 6 http://www.oceanmotion.org/ 7 http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar410020&st=pacific+ocean 8 http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar569220 9 http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleice.html 10 http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world-energy-minerals-map.htm 11 http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-mineral-map.htm 12 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html 13 http://www.summitpost.org/aag-arik-volcano/153886 14 http://www.mapsnworld.com/geology-and-soil.html 15 http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Asian+geology 16 http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/cppr/as/p0005.htm 17 http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/dmnd/as/p0005.htm#10 18 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/most_destructive.php 19

Links

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