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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