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Geography/Physical Features

Geography/Physical Features. Southeast Asia, Oceania, Antarctica. Landforms and Resources. Includes two Peninsulas  Indochinese and Malay Peninsula. Includes more than 20,000 islands most of which are in archipelagos. The mainland has several mountain ranges. Indochinese Peninsula.

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Geography/Physical Features

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  1. Geography/Physical Features Southeast Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

  2. Landforms and Resources • Includes two Peninsulas  Indochinese and Malay Peninsula. • Includes more than 20,000 islands most of which are in archipelagos. • The mainland has several mountain ranges

  3. Indochinese Peninsula Malay Peninsula

  4. Mountains on the islands are of volcanic origin. • Creates fertile soil for farming. • Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire • Pacific Ocean’s ring of volcanoes and earthquakes. • Mainland Mekong River Valley important.

  5. Pacific Ring of Fire

  6. Mekong River

  7. Oceania is the region of Pacific Islands. • Two types of islands include: • High islands  created by volcanoes • Low islands  made from coral reef.

  8. New Zealand is mountainous with rivers, fertile farmland, and forest. • Australia is flat and rich in minerals. • Great Barrier Reef is one of the largest coral reefs in the world off of Australia. • Antarctica is centered around the South Pole and has a varied landscape including possible resources.

  9. New Zealand

  10. Australia

  11. The Great Barrier Reef

  12. Antarctica

  13. Climate and Vegetation • Tropical wet climate in the coastal parts of SE Asia. • Temperatures are high. • Elevation affects temperature.

  14. SE Asia has the greatest diversities of vegetation of any region. • 1/3 of Australia is desert that the locals call The Outback. • Antarctica is considered a polar desert due to the lack of moisture it receives.

  15. Human-Environment Interaction • Pacific Islanders developed technology to travel the Pacific. • Handmade charts, the voyaging canoe and the outrigger canoe were used. • European colonizers brought rabbits to Australia that grazed crops.

  16. Voyaging Canoe

  17. Outrigger canoe

  18. Bikini Atoll was the site of U.S. atomic weapons tests. • 1951-1958 U.S. held over 60 explosions that vaporized several islands and contaminated the entire area with radiation.

  19. Islanders became sick or died. • Bikini islanders remained exiled from their homeland. • No one knows when Bikini Atoll will be suitable for human life.

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