1. The Gobi Desert is located in northern China and southern Mongolia. It is the fifth largest desert in the world and the most extensive arid region located on the continent of Asia. It has a cold climate due to its location. Gazelles, camels, leopards, and wolves are a few animals that can be found in the desert. Fun fact: The Gobi Desert is home to the first excavations of dinosaur eggs.
2. Lake Balkhash can be found in southeastern Kazakhstan. It stretches 376 miles long. The weather ranges from extremes of hot summers and cold winters. Lake Balkhash has provided countless amounts of fishing and fish breeding since the 1930’s. Ship manufacturing also plays a key role in the lakes economy.
3. The Yellow River known as the “mother river”
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The Yangtze River is the largest river in China running for 3,964 miles. The river deposits into the East China Sea. It is the third biggest river, behind the Nile and Amazon, in the world. The area surrounding the river is the most densely populated place in China. The Yangtze River Basin supplies an abundance amount of grain including rice which makes up 70% of it.
5. Mt. Everest is the earth’s highest mountain. The mountain rises 29,029 feet into the air. It is located in the Himalayan mountain range in Tibet and Nepal. Living conditions for plants and animals can be very difficult resulting in certain birds and mosses surviving at high altitudes. The weather conditions for climbers can be rigorous with strong winds and altitude sicknesses.
6. The Himalayan Mountains is a mountain range in between the Tibetan Plateau and the Indian alluvial plains. The mountains are home to largest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. The word “Himalaya” translates to “snow abode” which clearly depicts the physical appearance of the mountains. Vegetation in the Himalayas can range from tropical to subtropical to temperate to even
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The Java Sea can be located between the islands of Java and Borneo. It is a very shallow sea. The sea can be measured about 900 miles east to west and 260 miles north to south. The Java Sea contains a large amount of petroleum and natural gas. The Java Sea is as location of World War II battle between the Allies and Japanese.
Australia
1. The Great Barrier Reef includes the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem and the biggest living structure on the earth. Over 600 types of soft and hard corals exist in the Great Barrier Reef. It extends from Queensland to Bundaberg. The reef extends over 14 degrees of latitude. Fun fact: the Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space.
2. Lake Eyre is a salt lake located in South Australia. It stretches for 4,281 miles. The lake is usually dry and found at the lowest point of the continent about 50 feet below sea level. Evaporation is the main cause for its dryness, but floods bring water pack to it.
3. The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated area with only dune fields and plains making the desert up. It is located in Western and Southern Australia. It is one of the least populate places in Australia because of the testing of nuclear weapons occurs here. Shrubs and grasses are the only vegetation to survive in the desert. Moles, frogs, and birds are among the few animals that can
To the south and southeast of China are the Himalaya Mountains. These are the highest mountains in the world. Because of their impassability the area of China was kept isolated from many other civilizations. The two of the world’s largest deserts are in the are of Ancient China. To the north and west of Ancient China were the Gobi Desert and the
desert. They get an average of 200-250 mm of rain a year and the temperatures can reach up to
China is the 3rd largest country in the world, with a total area of approximately 22,117 km. Located in Eastern Asia, between North Korea and Vietnam, it is bordered by a total of 15 countries, and has access to three seas, the East China Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea, and the Korea Bay.
Regionalism is a key element throughout this novel. Mount Everest is one of the only actual settings in the book, and is crucial to the storyline. It is important to know that the mountain is the tallest on Earth; this will help the reader understand how treacherous the climb will be for the author and his crew. From this passage, we learn that although Krakauer always thought that climbing Everest would be one of the biggest and accomplished moments of his life, but his experience was completely destroyed by what the reader assumes as a sort of tragedy. This gives the reader a negative view of the mountain throughout the book because of the disaster that will eventually occur on
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It is located in Queensland and stretches 2,300 km along the coast, covering 348,000 km2. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority was established in 1975 in order to sustainably manage the natural heritage for future generations.
In Nepal, Mount. Everest is referred to as Sagarmāthā. The Nepalese are constantly referring to the mountain as if it were living, breathing, and capable of feeling. The Nepalese give human-like traits to the mountain with their Buddhist religion as a type of rhetorical device. In 1996 after the may tenth tragedy on Mount.
People might wonder some basic geography of Mount Everest. The first aspect of the geography of mount everest is the elevation. First of all it is the talled above ground mountain with a whopping elevation of 29,035 said Rosenberg. Mooney said that some glaciers are melting up to 8,850 meters up witch is equal to 29,035 feet up. At Everest's highest point, you are breathing in a third of the amount of oxygen you would normally breathe due to the atmospheric pressure (Bromwich).
1. China is divided into two major geographical regions: the steppe, desert, and high plateau west and northwest; and the eastern zone, more suitable for settled agriculture.
One of its geographic features, the Mongolian Plains, is located in the North-East of China. It acts as a natural barrier of 200,000 square miles, which is almost the size of the Indus River civilization. In addition, this
Ancient China is one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the world. The Ancient Chinese have thrived for thousands of years because of the geography, their skills, and their talents. Throughout history, rivers such as the Yangtze and Huang He rivers made China thrive for thousands of years. While other features such as deserts and mountains like the Gobi, Himalayas, and the Taklimakan isolated the Chinese and kept other civilizations from culturally diffusing into Chinese lifestyle and culture.
Everest. As the king of the Himalayas, it remains as the world 's tallest mountain and is an insurmountable obstacle to the success of mankind. Attempting to reach the summit of this mountain requires the imprudent ability to take risks, an unyielding resolve, and a great amount of luck. However, mankind’s ludicrous arrogance accosts the mountain, taking on nature’s greatest challenge. Everything worked out for the first couple decades, until nature unleashed its sheer wrath obliviating flesh and blood. In 1996, one of those disasters occurred. The number one national bestseller book, Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, is a personal account of the Mt. Everest Disaster that details the horrors of the incident. The question is, who were
Mount Everest, part of the Himalayan mountain range, is the highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 29,029 feet.
Mount Everest, part of the Himalayan mountain range, is the highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 29,029 feet. More than 4,400 climbers have reached the peak since Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, first "summited" it in 1953. Edmund Hillary, a
The average age of death in the United States is seventy-eight years old. Now add five years. That’s the average age of death for Australians, eighty-three years old. People residing in the country are estimated to live five years longer, but why? Time Journal voted Australia the happiest place in the world for the third time in a row in 2014.
Deserts cover 1,371,000 square kilometres (18%) of Australia’s mainland. Deserts & their arid climatic conditions are generally found in the central west & interior lowlands of the continent. There are ten deserts in Australia: the Great Victoria Desert, the Great Sandy Desert, Tanami Desert, Simpson Desert, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Tirari Desert & Pedirka Desert. Only 3% of the country’s population live in the desert.