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    Asia is the largest continent, located primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere. It occupies one third of the world's land area and is home to over half of the world's population. Asia has extremely diverse climate zones, ranging from tropical to polar, due to its vast size. It also has a great deal of physical diversity, including many mountain ranges, plateaus, rivers, and seas. Asia has significant mineral resources like petroleum, coal, iron, and natural gas, and is a global leader in their production.

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    Asia is the largest continent, located primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere. It occupies one third of the world's land area and is home to over half of the world's population. Asia has extremely diverse climate zones, ranging from tropical to polar, due to its vast size. It also has a great deal of physical diversity, including many mountain ranges, plateaus, rivers, and seas. Asia has significant mineral resources like petroleum, coal, iron, and natural gas, and is a global leader in their production.

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    Asia

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    Asia is the largest continent, located primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere. It occupies one third of the world's land area and is home to over half of the world's population. Asia has extremely diverse climate zones, ranging from tropical to polar, due to its vast size. It also has a great deal of physical diversity, including many mountain ranges, plateaus, rivers, and seas. Asia has significant mineral resources like petroleum, coal, iron, and natural gas, and is a global leader in their production.

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    WORLD GEOGRAPHY

    COMPONENTS OF WORLD
    GEOGRAPHY
    1) LOCATION AND EXTENT
    2) QUICK FACTS
    3) PHYSICAL FEATURES
    4) MAJOR WATER BODIES
    5) CLIMATE
    6) VEGETATION
    7) MINERAL RESOURCES
    8) TRANSPORTATION
    ASIA
    LOCATION AND EXTENT
    LIES ON EURASIAN, INDIAN AND ARABIAN PLATE
    FIRST QUADRANT OF THE EARTH EASTERN HEMISPHERE
    ABOVE THE EQUATOR
    N-S : 10N-80N 6440km
    W-E: 25E-170E 9650 km
    ARCTIC OCEAN
    INDIAN OCEAN
    PACIFIC
    OCEAN
    MEDITERRANEAN
    SEA
    SEPARATED FROM EUROPE BY URAL MOUNTAINS
    SEPARATED FROM NORTH AMERICA BY BERING SEA
    BLACK SEA
    QUICK FACTS
    LARGEST CONTINENT 1/3
    RD
    OF LAND AREA OF WORLD
    MOST POPULATED 60% OF WORLD POPULATION
    HIGHEST PEAK
    HIGHEST PLATEAU
    ALL THREE LATITUDES PASS THROUGH ASIA DIVERSE
    CLIMATE
    LONGEST RIVER YANGTZE CHINA (3
    RD
    LONGEST IN
    WORLD)
    LESS THAN 20% LAND SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE
    URBANISATION IS 20%. (EXCEPTION JAPAN=75%)






    PHYSICAL FEATURES
    MOUNTAIN RANGES PLATE TECTONICS, VOLCANISM
    PENINSULAR REGIONS LOCATE IN THE MAP
    PLATEAUS LARGEST?
    PLAINS LOCATION, HOW, USE
    ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO, DISASTERS.
    MAJOR WATER BODIES
    OCEANS BORDERS
    SEAS RAMSAR SITE?
    RIVERS LENGTH, DAMS, HYDROPOWER


    CLIMATE
    EQUATORIAL TO POLAR
    TROPICAL WET INDONESIA, MALAYSIA
    TROPICAL MONSOON INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
    DRY CLIMATE INNER REGIONS OF CONTINENTS
    LEEWARD SIDE OF MOUNTAINS
    ARABIAN PENINSULA (WARM CURRENT)
    HUMID SUBTROPICAL HOT SUMMER MILD WINTER
    EAST COAST JAPAN
    SNOW FOREST 40-70N OF ASIA DRY WINTER
    POLAR ABOVE 70N TUNDRA

    VEGETATION
    TROPICAL EVERGREEN N-EAST INDIA, BURMA,CAMBODIA
    TROPICAL MONSOON SOUTH-EAST ASIA, PARTS OF INDIA
    TEMPERATE EVERGREEN EAST OF TEMPERATE LATITUDES
    JAPAN, SOUTH CHINA
    COLD TEMPERATE NORTHERN CHINA, JAPAN
    CONIFEROUS SIBERIAN PLATEAU
    TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS PLAINS OF RUSSIA
    DESERTS TROPICS, INNER REGIONS OF CONTINENTS
    TAIGA NORTHERN REGION OF ASIA
    TUNDRA NORTH MOST PART OF ASIA

    AGRICULTURE
    SUBSISTENCE IN FOREST AREAS, MECHANIZED IN PLAINS
    RICE COASTAL CHINA,JAPAN,INDO-CHINA PLAINS,
    INDIAN PLAINS
    WHEAT GRASSLANDS REGIONS,NORTH INDIA,
    PAKISTAN BELT
    JUTE BANGLADESH, WEST BENGAL
    DATES, PALM ARABIAN PENINSULA
    RUBBER S.EAST ASIA, RAINFORESTS OF INDIA
    SORGHUM, MILLETS SIBERIAN REGIONS
    MINERAL RESOURCES
    IRON
    RUSSIA,CHINA,INDIA (KARNATAKA)
    COPPER
    RUSSIA,INDIA (MADHYA PRADESH)
    ALUMINIUM
    CHINA,INDIA (ORISSA) ()
    COAL
    CHINA,INDIA (JHARKHAND),RUSSIA
    PETROLEUM
    SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN, IRAQ (%RESERVES)
    RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN, IRAQ (%PRODUCTION)
    WORLDS LARGEST REFINERY?
    DEPOSITS IN EAST COAST OF ASIA JAPAN, CHINA, VIETNAM


    MANGANESE
    CHINA,KAZHAKHSTAN, INDIA (ORISSA)
    GOLD
    CHINA,RUSSIA,INDIA (KARNATAKA)
    ZINC
    JAPAN, INDIA (RAJASTHAN)
    TIN
    MALAYSIA, CHINA, INDONESIA
    MISCELLANEOUS:
    INDIAN RESOURCES : LEAD, MICA, ASBESTOS, GYPSUM, DIAMOND

    MINERAL RESOURCES
    TRANSPORTATION
    ROAD:
    SILK ROUTE
    TRANS-NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
    SEA:
    MOST FEASIBLE FOR PORTS
    INLAND WATERWAYS TRAVEL ONLY MARGINALLY
    SUCCESSFUL DUE TO RELIEF FEATURES AND SHORTER
    LENGTHS OF RIVERS
    AIRWAYS:
    AIR ROUTES FOR LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES MAINLY.

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