EAST ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY CHINA JAPAN TAIWAN NORTH

EAST ASIA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY CHINA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA, MONGOLIA

CHINA Very mountainous § 2/3 mountains and desert § Gobi Desert (northernmost on Earth) § Himalayas/Plateau of Tibet-created 50 million years ago when a piece of continent collided with Asia (moved 15 cm/year) § Highest Mt. range in the world § Mt. Everest is highest peak in the world

FARMING 14% can be farmed § Double cropping § Terrace farming § Climate impacts what can be grown § North-Wheat Grains § South-Rice

POPULATION Most people live on the eastern side (North China Plain) 1. 3 billion people

RIVERS Chang/Huang/Xi Jiang are important rivers Three Gorges Dam (Largest Dam in the world) § Flood control/electricity § 1½ miles wide -600 feet high § $26 billion but has already produced enough electricity to pay for itself

JAPAN • An archipelago (a group of islands) • 80% mountains

POPULATION § Almost ½ of the population lives on less than 3% of the land

MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY But Japan has few natural resources

FARMING 12% of land is farmed

NORTH/SOUTH KOREA • A peninsula (a piece of land surrounded by water on three side)

LIMITED RESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT • North Korea developing nation Use similar farming methods as China/Japan

South Korea is a developed nation