This presentation is created to be used in an on-line teaching course of Southeast Asian Studies. This course is offered only to a group of wonderful students of Lodi High School, Wisconsin, USA.
1. GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE
of SoutheastAsia
http://www.mapresources.com/southeast-asia-digital-vector-contour-map-se-asi-782423.html
How geography
and climate
affect each
country?
2. What are we going to do?
1. Look at the maps of Southeast Asia
- try to pick out as many geographical features and
other information as you can.
- take notes
2. Share your answer to the class, extra information will
be given by teacher
3. Fill in features, i.e. mountains and rivers on your Study
Guide, using color pencils for different features.
6. What is a
monsoon?
•A
seasonal
shift
in
the
prevailing
wind
direction
•Asian
monsoon
(India
to
Southeast
Asia)
7. SEA monsoon
•Winter
Monsoon
(NE)
(Nov-‐Mar)
•Cool,
dry
weather
in
mainland
countries
•Heavy
rainfall
in
island
region
•Summer
Monsoon
(SW)
(May-‐
Sep)
brings
heavy
rain.
•Island
region
=
evergreen
rainforest
•Mainland
=
tropical
rainforestshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_east_asia_topographic_map.svg
11. •Lower/
Upper
Myanmar
•Lower:
coastal
area
with
thick
forest
(teak)
•Irrawaddy
River
•Valuable
hard
wood
accounts
for
50%
of
the
country
•SW
monsoon
wind
MYANMAR
17. •Alluvial
plain
•Mekong
River
in
the
East
•Tonele
Sap
•Mountains
block
way
out
to
the
sea
•SW
monsoon
=
heavy
rain
•NE
monsoon
=
cool,
dry
season
Cambodia
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/116302/116302,1245503705,1/stock-photo-
cambodia-shaded-relief-map-colored-according-to-vegetation-with-major-urban-areas-includes-
clip-32367316.jpg
http://www.aboutasiatravel.com/cambodia/map/physical-map.htm
20. •Low
land,
hills,
densely
forested
highland
•
Red
River
Delta
•More
populated
•Rice
planting
•Coastal
lowland-‐
rice
planting
•Central
mountains
•Mekong
River
Delta
•Alluvial
deposit
•Rice
growing
area
•SW-‐
rainfall,
NE
-‐
cool,
dry
Red River Delta
Coastal plain
Central mountains
Mekong River Delta
Vietnam
23. •Mountainous
Area
•Steep
terrain
•Narrow
river
valley
•Not
suitable
for
agriculture
•Farming
in
the
south
•Only
4%
of
land
area
is
suitable
for
farming
•SW
monsoon
=
heavy
rain
•NE
monsoon
=
cool,
dry
season
Laos
26. •646
sq
km
•15
meters
asl
•Bukit
Timah,
highest
point
•Tropical
rainforest
climate
•32/90
degree
•
90%
lives
in
^lats
and
high
building
SINGAPORE
Bukit Timah
165 m.
33. •13,677
islands
•Two
continental
shelves
•Lots
of
volcanic
mountains
•50
active
volcanos
on
Java
•NE
and
SW
monsoons
bring
heavy
rain
•Western
and
northern
receive
heaviest
rain
INDONESIA
36. •4/5
rainforest,
swamp
•Malay
Peninsula
•mountainous
area
•people
live
on
the
west
•Borneo
Island
•plain
and
mountains
•rainforest
•NE
and
SW
brings
rain
all
year
round
Malaysia
39. •7,107
islands
•Luzon,
Visayas,
Mindanao
•3
stars
on
the
^lag
•Tropical
marine
climate
•Heavy
rain
from
May-‐Oct
(SW)
The Philippines Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
40. EAST TIMOR
•Surrounded
by
^lat
plain
•High
mountains
in
the
central
•Source
of
all
rivers
of
East
Timor
•Tropical
monsoon
climate
•July-‐Nov
=
cool,
dry
•Dec-‐Mar
=
heavy
rain