There are two peninsulas that branch off Southeast Asia - the Indochinese Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula. This region also contains many archipelagoes, or closely grouped islands, such as the Philippines. It has extensive coastlines and rivers like the Mekong, which forms a wide delta near the coast. The Mekong is also home to the world's largest catfish. Mountains and volcanoes are common due to the region sitting on the ring of fire, with islands evolving over time from volcanoes to coral atolls.

1. OCEANIA LANDFORMS AND RESOURCES

3. There are two big peninsulas that branch off of Southeast
Asia.
• Indochinese Peninsula

4. • Malay Peninsula

5. There are also many archipelagoes in this region.
• These are closely grouped islands.
• The Philippines is an example.

6. Rivers & Coastlines
• There’s obviously
a lot of coastline
since there are a
bunch of islands.
• There’s also
some important
rivers on the
mainland, such
as the Mekong.

8. • The Mekong fans out into a wide delta as it nears the
coast.

9. • The Mekong is also home to the world’s largest catfish.

12. • The largest one on record, caught in 2005, was 9
feet long and weighed 646 pounds.

13. Mountains and Volcanoes
• There’s a bunch since this area sits on the ring of fire.

14. • Islands
• They actually evolve over time. Many start out as
volcanoes and end up as atolls.
• This is because coral reefs will grow up around
the volcano and remain after the volcano erodes
into the sea.
• The volcano part is called a high island. What’s left
later is a low island.

15. A high island

16. A low island

17. An atoll

18. From volcano to atoll

21. Australia is relatively flat and much of it is a desert.

22. Australia also has the Great Barrier Reef, a 1250 mile
chain of coral reefs.

23. Coral

28. ANTARCTICA
 5th largest continent
 Centered on the South Pole
 Transantarctic Mountains divide the
continent in 2
 East Antarctica = plateau surrounded by
mountains and valleys
 West Antarctica = islands linked by ice

30. ANTARCTICA
 It’s ice sheet is the largest supply of fresh
water in the world
 Coal, minerals and other resources may lie
beneath the ice
 In 1991, 26 nations agreed not to mine
Antarctica for 50 years

31. CHAPTER 30, SECTION 1 QUESTIONS
PG. 689
1. What 2 peninsulas make up Southeast Asia?
2. What is an archipelago?
3. Southeast Asia is part of this geographically volatile region in the
Pacific.
4. Why is the soil in Southeast Asia so filled with nutrients (2 factors).
5. As a group, what are the Pacific Islands referred to as?
6. What are the 2 categories of islands in the Pacific?
7. What resources are found in Oceania?
8. What is the smallest continent on earth?
9. This is the world’s largest coral reef.
10. This continent is hidden by a thick sheet of ice.