Earth Science 7- Northern Asia 2

Earth Science 7-Global Regions Index

Northern Asia

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Countries

The countries are 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 The bordering Oceans are the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. 1

Large Bodies of Water

Large bodies of water include Lake Decalog, Korea Bay,and the Ural River. 2

Major Seas

Major seas include Sea of Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, and the Yellow Sea. 1

Topographic Features

Topographical Features in the region are the Ural Mountains, the Himalayas Mountains, the Tibetan Plateau, the Gobi Desert, the Taklamakan Desert, Subarctic Climate in Siberia, Tundra in Siberia, Altai Mountains, Steppes in Kazakhstan and Mongolia 3

Rivers

Major rivers include the Yangtze, the Yenisei, the Lena, the Ob, the Amur, The Pearl, The Yellow, and the Lao He. 2

Climate

Northern Asia is part of the climate zone humid continental. 4 The climate includes humidity, 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 is normally extremely continental and with some warm summers. 5 The climate is a result of the many climate controls. The climate controls are the several mountain ranges, deserts,tundrea, and of course the bordering oceans. More climate controls is 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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