Asia

1. 5. LAND RELIEF AND WATER DISTRIBUTION IN ASIA
LOCATE ON THE PHYSICAL MAP THE LAND RELIEF OF ASIA (and the distribution of water):
 MOUNTAINS - Himalaya (Everest, 8.847 metres, the highest mountain in the world) –
Altai Mountains – Zagros Mountains – Hindu Kush - Khangai
Mountains – Kolyma.
 PENINSULAS - Kamchatka Peninsula – Hindustan Peninsula – Arabian Peninsula –
Korean Peninsula – Indochinese Peninsula – Peninsula Malaca.
 DESSERTS - Gobi Desert – Taklamacan Dessert.
 PLAINS - North China Plain – Yangtze Plain – Mekong Plain – Ganges Plain –
Indus Plain.
 PLATEAUS - Central Siberian Plateau – Tibetan Plateau – Arabian Plateau -
Iranian Plateau – Yablonoi Plateau – Arabian Plateau.
 ISLANDS/ARCHIPELAGOS - Indonesian Archipelago – Philippine Archipelago – Japanese
Archipelago – Sri Lanka Archipelago - Borneo Island – Maldives.
 CAPES/GULFS/BAYS - Gulf of Anden – Gulf of Oman – Persian Gulf - Bay of Bengal.
 RIVERS - Arctic Ocean watershed: Ob, Yenisei, Lena.
- Indian Ocean watershed: Ganges – Indus - Tigris – Euphrates.
- Pacific Ocean watershed: Red River, Yangtze (Blue River, the
longest River in Asia), Yellow River.
 SEAS AND OCEANS - Aral Sea – Caspian Sea – Black Sea – Arabian Sea – Barents Sea –
Kara Sea - Bering Sea – Sea of Okhotsk – East China Sea –South
China Sea - Coral Sea – Pacific Ocean – Arctic Ocean – Indian
Ocean.