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Chapter 23 - East Asia, Australia, and Oceania: Land and History - Coggle…

- - - - Japan
        
        East Asia
        
        includes China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan
        
        Oceania
        
        Three sub-regions
        
        Melanesia
        
        Micronesia
        
        Polynesia
        
        Australia
        
        a island, a nation, and a continent all its own
      - China
        
        Mountains rise to great heights (Like Himalayas)
        
        Rivers and Plains cover the eastern part of China
        
        To the southwest, the land rises to high plateaus
    - - Plateaus
        
        "roof of the world" - the highest plateau on earth
      - Rivers
        
        China's three great river
        
        Huang He
        
        Chang Jiang
        
        Xi Jiang
      - Deserts
        
        Takimakan
        
        Gobi : "waterless place"
    - - Four main islands
        
        Hokkaido
        
        Honshu
        
        Shikoku
        
        Kyushu
      - mountain
        
        Tallest mountain, Mount Fuji, is an active volcano
        
        cover more than 80 percent
      - Volcanic eruptions
        
        Ring of fire
        
        an area of volcanic activity along the borders
        of the Pacific Ocean
        
        Most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur
      - climate
        
        monsoon
        
        winter : bring cold rain and snow
        
        summer : warm rains
        
        Typhoon : is a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific
    - - North Korea
        
        Geography
        
        mountains
        
        Valleys
        
        RIvers
        
        major rivers
        
        Yalu
        
        Tumen
        
        Climate
        
        cold, dry winters
        
        hot, humid summers
      - South Korea
        
        Geography
        
        mountain ranges
        
        Valley
        
        coastal plains
        
        river
        
        main river
        
        Han
        
        Kum
        
        Naktong
    - - Great Barrier Reef
        
        the world's largest coral reef system
        
        reefs, called fringing reefs, run along coastlines
        
        extends 1250 miles through the Pacific Ocean
      - Great Dividing Range
        
        runs along Australia's eastern coast
        
        outback : huge stretch of interior land
      - one of the largest countries on Earth and smallest continent
    - - Continental islands
        
        parts of Earth's crust that sit above the surface of the water
        
        New Guinea
        
        New Zealand
      - low oceanic islands
        
        formed from coral reefs
      - high oceanic islands
        
        Tahiti
        
        are mountainous islands formed by volcanic activity