All about Asia

Made By: Safa Areej

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Geographical Importance

 The largest of the world’s continents

 Covering approximately 30 percent of the Earth’s land area
 The world’s most populous continent
 Comprising roughly 60 percent of the total population
 Bordered by 3 oceans – the Arctic Ocean to the North, the Pacific in the East
and the Indian Ocean in the South
10 Countries of Asia
 There are total 48 Countries in the continent of Asia.
 Few of them are
 China
 India
 Pakistan
 Bangladesh
 Afghanistan
 Iran
 Iraq
 Turkey
 Thailand
 Japan
 3 Most Active Volcanoes
 Sakurajima, Japan, explodes thousands of times every
year.
 Mount Merapi, Indonesia, sits just 32 kilometers north of
the 3.6 million-person city Yogyakarta.
 Krakatoa, Indonesia, has been active since early 1928.

Sakurajima Merapi Krakatoa

Largest Glaciers in Asia
GLACIER COUNTRY LENGTH (in km)
Fedchenko Glacier Tajikistan 77
Siachen India/Pakistan 76
Biafo Glacier Pakistan 67
Baltoro Glacier Pakistan 63
South Inylchek Glacier Kyrgyzstan/China 60.5
Batura Glacier Pakistan 57
World’s Highest Mountain Range

 The Himalayas is the world’s highest mountain range

 form an arc 2,400km long that separates the Indian subcontinent in the south
from the Tibetan Plateau in the north
 cross five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan.
 Also comprise of the highest peak, Mount Everest
 Have an estimated 15,000 glaciers throughout the range
JAZAK
ALLAH!