Asia

1. ASIA
PHYSICAL MAP OF THE
CONTINENT.

2. INTRODUCTION:
Asia is the Earth´s largest
continent .
Its 43608000 km²
represent 29,13 % of the
surface of the Earth.
Asia has 4.140.000.000 of
inhabitants.
Asia has 47 countries and
a lot of different languages

3. LIMITS OF ASIA:

4. THE TERRAIN OF ASIA:
Plains:Plains: The main plains are the “Siberian, Indochina
and Indian Plains”.
Depresions:Depresions: Filled by seas such as the “Aral, Caspian
and Dead seas”.
Plateaus:Plateaus: The most important are the “Anatolian,
Iranian, Tibetan, Siberian, Deccan and Arabian
plateaus”.
Mountains:Mountains: Of special note are the “Zagros
Mountains and the Himalayas”.

5. SEAS, LAKES AND RIVERS:
Seas: the main seas in Asia are the sea of Japan,
Okhotsk, and the Kara, Bering, China, Arabian and
Red seas
Lakes: there are both saltwater lakes such as the
Aral, Caspian and Dead seas and freshwater lakes
such as Lake Baikal.
Rivers: are long and carry a high volume of water.
The most important are the Yangtze, the Ob, the
Yenisei, the Lena, the Huang He, the Mekong, the
Amur, the Ganges and the Indus.

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