chapter 25- places Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
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largest river in asia
A
chang jiang
2
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the cradle of chinese cilivilaization
A
chang jiang
3
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flows through 9 provinces
A
chang jiang
4
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lots of watershedq
A
chao phraya
5
Q
wide and flat river
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chao phraya
6
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in thailand
A
chao phraya
7
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2nd longest river
A
huang he
8
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also known as yellow river bc of laos
A
huang he
9
Q
“river of sorrow”
A
huang he
10
Q
mynammars largest river
A
irrawaddy
11
Q
legends- 2 gold cups
A
irrawaddy
12
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used for trade
A
irrawaddy
13
Q
power source
A
mekong
14
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border between
A
mekong
15
Q
parts are diffucult to pass thru
A
mekong
16
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“angry river”
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salween
17
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only nav. 56 miles from mouth
A
salween
18
Q
part of pacific
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south china sea
19
Q
gas&oil resevers
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south china sea
20
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lots of islands
A
south china sea
21
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connects indian and s. china sea
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strait of malacca
22
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impt. passage for trade
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strait of malacca
23
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tallest mt in world
A
himalaya
24
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name came from buddist god
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himalaya
25
over 100 peaks
himalaya
26
surronded by flat lands and deserts
tian shan
27
relatively unexplored
tian shan
28
golden mts
atlay
29
located in middle of russia china and mongolia
atlay
30
the 2nd highest peak K2 is found here
karakoram
31
big glaciers
karakoram
32
lies where two continents collide- formed range
karakoram
33
large pop of yaks
kunlun shan
34
barrier btwn. tibet and tarim basin
kunlun shan
35
mostly in central asia and the western part of china
kunlun shan
36
roof of the world
plateau of tibet
37
cuased by collison of 2 continental plates indian plate under asian plate
plateau of tibet
38
1st horses roamed here
north china plain
39
this plain contains the yellow river
north china plain
40
politcal center of china for years bc of its landscape makes travel easy
north china plain
41
soybean growing area and coal rich
manchurian plain
42
chinas largest plain
manchurian plain
43
rivers seperate
manchurian plain
