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ASIA
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CENTRAL ASIA
EAST ASIA
SOUTHWEST ASIA
SOUTH ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Geographical regions
• Central Asia – Kazakhstan Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
• East Asia – China, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan,
North and South Korea.
• North Asia – Russia.
• South Asia – India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
• Southeast Asia – Brunei, Cambodia, East
Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar
[Burma], Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.
• Southwest Asia – The Middle East including
Turkey, Iran, Cyprus, Israel, and Lebanon.
• Asia’s western most point is Cape
Baba in Northwestern Turkey.
• Asia’s eastern most point is Cape
Chelyuskin in Siberia.
• Asia is home to the highest (Mount
Everest 8,848m) and lowest Dead
Sea (-395m) points on Earth.
Mount Everest
Dead Sea
Ten Longest Rivers in Asia
ASIAN RIVER LENGTH
1. Yangtze (Chang Jiang) 6,300 km – 3,915 miles
2. Yellow River (Huang He) 5,464 km – 3,395 miles
3. Lena River 4,400 km – 2,734 miles
4. Mekong River 4,350 km – 2,703 miles
5. Irtysh River 4,248 km – 2,640 miles
6. Yenisei River 4,090 km – 2,540 miles
7. Ob River 3,650 km – 2,268 miles
8. Nizhnyaya Tunguska River 2,989 km – 1,857 miles
9. Indus River 2,900 km – 1,800 miles
10. Brahmaputra River 2,900 km – 1,800 miles