Chapter 2: Asian Landscapes

Royal University of Phnom Penh
Institute of Foreign Languages
Department of English
Introduction to Environment (IEE)




Chapter 2: Asian Landscapes

Lecturer: Touch Kunty (TKT) ​

Discussion Questions
1. What part of geographical features do people like to reside?
2. What part of geographical features do you people like to do farming/plantation? Why?
3. In what ways do mountains present a problem in the construction of transport and communication routes?
4. What are the the traditional forms of transport you think that are used in mountainous areas?

What is Asia?

• ​Variety of landforms (steep mountains, raised level areas or plateaus, hills and low flat plains

• climates

• Vegetations and animals

Key Features of the Mountains and Plateaus

• ​Where in Asia?

• Its conditions for living?

• Its conditions for movement and communication?

Key Features of River and Coastal Plains

• ​How are they created?

• How beneficial are they for agriculture?

• What other benefits of rivers are there?

Key Features of the Islands

• ​How are they related to Asian people from the past?

• What countries are considered as islands/maritime countries in Asia?

The Climate of Asia

• Cold, harsh mountains in Nepal

• Dry interior of mainland China

• Humid coastal areas of Southeast Asia​

The Climate of Asia

• What is Canopy?

• What if light can penetrate the canopy of the forests?

• Humid coastal areas of Southeast Asia​

The Vegetation of Asia



==> Factors influencing the vegetation:

• ​Climate

• Landform

• Presence of people