Asia Continent Physical Geography Review

Asia can be divided into five major physical regional characteristics:

• mountain systems; plateaus; plains, steppes, and deserts; freshwater environments; and saltwater environments.

• Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America
• China, Japan, India, Australia, Russia
• Mountains, Deserts, Oceans, Rivers, Plateaus

The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from...

• the rest of Africa.

• the rest of Asia.

• the rest of Oceania

• the rest of the Pacific ocean.

The Himalayas cover more than 612,000 square kilometers (236,000 square miles), passing through the northern states of India and making up most of the terrain of...

• Brazil and Brooklyn

• China and Japan

• Nepal and Bhutan

• Australia and New Zeland

The highest mountain summit in the world is...

• Mount Everest
• Mount McKinley
• Mount Kilimanjaro
• K2

The Tien Shan mountain system stretches for about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles), straddling the border between Kyrgyzstan and China. The name Tien Shan means...

• Mountain of Fire
• Valley of Flowers
• River of Gold
• Celestial Mountains

The .........Mountains run for approximately 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) in an indirect north-south line from Russia to Kazakhstan. The ........Mountains are some of the world’s oldest,

• Rocky

• Ukrak

• Rural

• Ural

Asia is home to many .................., areas of relatively level high ground.

• plabors

• plateaus

• plankton

• plaroons

The Tibetan Plateau is usually considered the largest and highest area ever to exist in the history of Earth. Known as the ,"............................” the plateau covers an area about half the size of the contiguous United States and averages more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) above sea level.

• “Rooftop of the World"

• "the Great resort area"

• "Expensive place to live"

• "The End of the Earth"

The Tibetan Plateau is extremely important to the world’s water cycle because of its tremendous number of ..............

• glaciers and ice fields
• deserts and sand dunes
• volcanoes and lava flows
• oceans and coral reefs

The ice and snow from these glaciers feed Asia’s largest rivers. Approximately 2 billion people depend on the rivers fed by the plateau’s glaciers.

• The Deccan Plateau

• The Tibetan Plateau

• The Iranian plateau

• The Teutonic plateau