class eight geography

1. NATURAL
VEGETATION
Asia

2. Manchurian
• Found in North East china streching to japanese
island Hokkaido.
• Moderate rain in summer which warm and short,long
cold winter
• Boarder mountain coniferous trees
• Manchurian plains crops like rice ,corn, soyabean

3. • It covers central china,Japan and Korea.
• This region lies within the belt of trade winds,all
year moderate rain,summer hot with more rain and
winters cool.
• Mixed vegetation.. Evergreen trees ,bamboo,
Magnolia,Camphor and oak
CHINA
Magnolia Camphor
Oak

4. • To the east of desert steppes or temperate
grassland
• It covers south west siberia,eastern part of
Mangolia.
• Cold winter hot summer, little rain.
• Short grasses vegetation , insufficient rain
prevent growth of trees.
Steppes

5. • North –Northeast china, stretching from
steppes to the plateau of Mangolia.
• Climate –hot summer with little rainfall,
extreme winter below freezing point.
• Vegetation –hardy shrubs,rough grass
Temperate Desert

6. • It spreads across Arabian desert and Thar
desert.
• Arabian desert in Saudi Arabia and Thar
desert covers parts of India and Pakistan.
• Climate –winters are cold,summers are
hot,very little rainfall.
• Vegetation –Cactus,spiny shrubs
Tropical Desert

7. • West of Asia, coastline region of
Mediterranean sea.
• Countries –Lebanon,syria,Israel and
Turkey.
• Hot and dry summer,mild and wet winter.
• Long root of trees make survive in
summer too.
• Leaves are waxy and barks are spongy can
hold moisture.
• Citrus fruit trees,date palm,fig,laurel
tree,acacia etc. grow here.
Date palm
Acacia
Fig Laurel
Mediterranean

8. • Covers a large area- Indian
subcontinent,Myanmar,Laos,
Thailand,Combodia,Vietnam and Southern China.
• The word ‘mansoon’ derived Arabic word ‘Mausam’
meaning –Season.
• Climate –Summers are very hot with rain, winters
are very cold.
• Place with heavy rain-evergreen and deciduous
forest(India, Vietnam, Combodia and Myanmar.
• Sandalwood,Rosewood,Sal,Deodar,Bamboo and
hardwoods like Teak.
• Places with low rainfall –thorny scrub, Savannah
Sal Deodar
Monsoon

9. • 10° south to 10°North
• Covers Indonesian islands,Malaysia and
Singapore.
• Climate – Only summer wet or hot throughout
the year.
Equatorial

10. • Agriculture carried out river valleys with 50
%Asian population engaged.
• River valleys –Indus,Ganga-
Brahmaputra,yangtze,si kiang, Huang
Ho/He.
• Water source – rain and irrigation
• Multi purpose river valley projects- Bhakra
Nangal Project,Damodar valley
project,Hirakud project (india)
• Angara river project –Siberia.
Bhakra Nangal
Damodar
valley project
Agriculture

11. Types of
Agriculture
1. Shifting agriculture.
2. Intensive agriculture.
3. Extensive agriculture.
4. Plantation agriculture.

12. • Old and wasteful method usually followed
tribal people.
• South East Asia,North East India.
• Slash and burn method due to decrease in
the fertility of the soil.
• Plot left for years to regain the fertility
and moving to another place.
Shifting agriculture

13. Intensive agriculture

14. Extensive agriculture

15. Plantation
agriculture
• Highly specialised and organized form.
• Began in colonial period,India, Indonesia,
Malaysia ,Philippines and Sri Lanka.
• Crops- Tea,coffee,banana,rubber and sugarcane.
• Workers staying in plantation and crops are sent to
factories.

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• Found in Equatorial regions of Indonesia and
Malaysia.
• Thailand top producer, followed by Indonesia and
srilanka.(90%)
• Juice of rubber –’Latex’ collected in cup and
processed in machines.
Rubber

17. • Popular beverage.
• Growing in China, India, Japan, Indonesia and Sri
Lanka.
• It needs fertile land and well drained soil,so
grown on the slopes of hills.
• The top most two leaves and buds will be plucked.
• Plucking is delicate process,so women are
employed.
• The men handle drying,grading and packing.
• Darjeeling in WB most famous for high quality
tea.
Tea

18. Sugarcane
• It requires fertile soil with regular fertilizers and
plenty of irrigation.
• Grown in Bangladesh,China,India,the Philippines,
Indonesia and Taiwan.
• India is the second largest producer.( Who is first?)
• China fourth large producer.

19. Crops-Asia
• Both food crops and cash crops grown.
• food crops like rice,wheat,maize,barley etc.
• Cash crops –sugarcane,tea,coffee,rubber,jute,
cotton,oilseed etc.

20. Cash crops
These are revenue
earning crops,grown for
commercial purpose.
• Tropical climate of Asia,fertile soil with regular
supply of water.
• Variety of cotton- short fibres,long fibres
• Long fibres cotton make fine quality fabrics.
• Cotton grown in India,China, Pakistan and Turkey.
• India is the top producer of world.
Cotton

21. • It requires fertile soil and plenty of
rain.
• The Ganga-Brahmaputra delta (85%) is
most suitable for its growth, making
India the world’s leading producer of
jute followed by Bangladesh.
• Jute is used to make gunnysack,rope
and cloth materials.
Jute

22. Food crops
• Grown in tropical monsoon region,90%production by
India and China.
• It cultivating in most countries of South East Asia.
• Requires alluvial soil and plenty of water.
• Known as paddy,initially grown in nursuries then
transplanted in fields.
• Rice also grown in hilly areas as terrace farming.
Rice

23. • Another staple food grown in
Russia,China,India,Pakistan and other parts of
South West Asia.
• Requires cool climate,moderate rainfall.
• In Pakistan,India wheat produces in winter
season,so it called Rabi crops.
• In Northern Russia it grown in steppes and
harvesting in spring season.
Wheat