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4. Rivers and other physical features
• Indus River • Bay of Bengal
• Ganges River • Indian Ocean
• Huang He (Yellow) River • Sea of Japan
• Mekong River • South China Sea
• Yangtze (Chang Jiang) • Yellow Sea
River • Gobi Desert
• Korean Peninsula • Taklimakan Desert
• Himalayan Mountains

5. Indus River
• Begins in Tibet and flows southwest 2000
miles across the tip of India and through
Pakistan before it empties into the Arabian
Sea.
• The Indus River valley is one of the richest
farming areas in the region.
• Many different civilizations have lived along
this river throughout the centuries.

7. Ganges River-Mother Ganges
• India’s most important river
• Begins in the Himalayan mountains and flows
southeast through India before emptying into the Bay
of Bengal.
• The water carries rich sediment called loess(topsoil,
silt, and minerals) to the farmlands downstream
creating a large, fertile delta at its mouth.
• Because 400 million people live and work along the
Ganges, the water is HEAVILY polluted.

9. Mekong River
• Begins in Tibetan Plateau and runs south from
China and Vietnam and empties into the
South China Sea.
• The Mekong River Delta has some of the
richest farming land in the world.
• Home to giant freshwater fishes
• Asia’s 7th longest river

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11. Huang He (Yellow River)
• Begins in mountains of Tibet and flows east
emptying into the Yellow Sea.
• The yellow dust blowing out of the Gobi desert is
picked up by the river and carried into the sea,
giving both a yellowish color…..hence the name!
• Used for transporting people and goods and
creates rich soil for farmers.
• Frequent flooding has led some to call it “China’s
sorrow” due to the suffering it causes

13. Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
• Begins in Tibetan plateau and travels east to the
East China Sea.
• Shanghai is located at the mouth of the river and
is one of China’s most important ports
• Over 3400 miles long making it China’s LONGEST
river
• Main transportation route for 400 million people
making the river heavily polluted- nicknamed the
giant toilet bowl of Asia
• Connected to the Huang He by the Grand Canal
built over 2000 years ago

15. Himalayan Mountains
• Form the southern border of China and India and
spreads north forming the Tibetan Plateau
• Nicknamed the “roof of the world” because of the
high altitudes
• Form a barrier between India and countries to the
north, causing India to rely on water for trade and
travel
• Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world
and is on the border of Nepal and China

17. Gobi and Taklimakan Deserts
• The Gobi desert is in
east and central China • The Taklimakan desert
• Can be one of the is over 600 miles long-
hottest and coldest one of the longest in
places in the world the world.
• Mostly covered in sand
and rocks

18. Why is the Huang He River referred to
as the Yellow River?
A.) no one really knows where this name came from
B.) the river was given the name by order of the Chinese
government
C.) yellowish dust from the desert blows into the water and colors
it yellow
D.) villagers living along the river are famous for producing cloth
using bright yellow dye.

19. What is loess?
A.) silt that is carried in riverwater
B.) small fish that live in China's rivers
C.) another name for heavy seasonal rains
D.) name for the canals built along a rivers path

20. Why is the Huang He sometimes
called China's sorrow?
A.) The river often runs dry leaving farmers to starve
B.) Floods along this river often cause great suffering
C.) No one can drink the water from this river because
of the pollution
D.) the river has too many rapids and waterfalls for it to
be used for transportation

21. What river runs south from Tibet to
Vietnam and empties into the South
China Sea?
A.) Indus
B.) Mekong
C.) Yangtze
D.) Huang He

22. Which river is the longest in China?
A.) Ganges
B.) Mekong
C.) Yangtze
D.) Huang He

23. What city is located at the mouth of
the Yangtze river?
A.) Beijing
B.) Shanghai
C.) Hong Kong
D.) Ho Chi Minh City

24. What are the two great deserts found
in China?
A.) Gobi and the Ganges
B.) Gobi and the Taklimakan
C.) Huang He and Yangtze
D.) Mekong and the Taklimakan

25. What is the name of a body of land
surrounded by water on three sides?
A.) island
B.) isthmus
C.) swamp
D.) Peninsula

26. Which countries are a peninsula?
A.) Japan and Indonesia
B.) Japan and China
C.) North Korea and South Korea
D.) North Vietnam and South Vietnam

27. Why are the Himalayas called the
"roof of the world"?
A.) The worlds highest mountains are found here
B.) they are very easy to travel though
C.) they are so rugged that no people can live there
D.) little water comes out of the mountains

28. Which river flows through India and
empties into the Bay of Bengal?
A.) Ganges
B.) Indus
C.) Yangtze
D.) Mekong

29. Which is the MOST LIKELY reason that
some of the largest deserts in the
world are found north of the
Himalayas?
A.) No water can be found there
B.) The year round cold temperatures led to the
creation of the deserts
C.) Years of poor farming led to erosion of the soil and
the gradual formation of desert
D.) The high mountains and plateaus block rains and
moisture that would come from the seas to the south