Asia Pacific Physical Geography

2. Also known as the ‘Rooftop of the World’, covers an area about half the size of the contiguous United States and averages more than 5,000 meters above sea level.
5. Largest bay in the world and borders Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Burma.
6. The largest glacier on the Tien Shan mountain.
10. Makes up most of the southern part of India and is bordered by the Satpura Range and the Eastern and Western Ghats.
13. Extends for about 2,500 kilometres and separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
15. Means “Celestial Mountains” in Chinese.
16. Approximately how many people depend on the rivers fed by the Tibetan Plateau’s glaciers.

1. A desert considered to be the world’s largest sand sea and is known as the ‘Empty Quarter’.
2. Located in Russia and is considered one of the world’s largest areas of continuous flatland.
3. Botanists have nicknamed this country the ‘Mother of Gardens’.
4. This country can be divided into different steppe zones such as; the mountain forest steppe, the arid steppe and the desert steppe.
7. Runs in an indirect north-south line from Russia to Kazakhstan for approximately 2,500 kilometres.
8. Covers more than 3.6 million square kilometres and surrounds most of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
9. Covers 1.5 million square kilometres between Russia mainland and Kamchatka Peninsula and is largely frozen between October and March.
11. Contains an estimated 50% of the world’s oil reserves and is subject to high rates of evaporation.
12. Located in southern Russia and is the deepest and oldest lake in the world.
14. The longest river in Asia and reaches 6,300 kilometres in length.