Asia Physical Geography

longest river in Asia; also known as the Yangtze River

• Huang He
• Chang Jiang
• Xi Jiang
• Gobi Desert

desert located in western China Himalaya Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains
• Gobi Desert
• Tibet-qunghai Plateau
• Taklimakan Desert

a hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River

• Jordan River
• Dead Sea
• Rub Al-khali
• Golan Heights

a landlocked lake that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters

• Golan Heights
• Dead Sea
• Oasis
• Jordan River

an important river of Southwest Asia that along with the Euphrates supported several ancient civilizations

• Tigris River
• Himalaya Mountains
• Jordan River
• Euphrates River

desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia

• Tigris River
• Gobi Desert
• Qinling Shandi Mountains
• Taklimakan Desert

tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific

• typhoon
• cyclone
• hurricane
• monsoon

the most famous desert in the region also known as the Empty Quarter

• Rub al-Khali
• Tigris river
• Salt flat
• Golan heights

island that is the low lying top of a submerged volcano surrounded by coral reefs and shallow lagoons

• outback
• atoll
• archipelago
• subcontinent

an island created by a volcano

• atoll
• archipelago
• low island
• high island