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East Asia

East Asia. Table of Contents. Key Facts Geography Economy Culture Demographics Tourism Demand Supply Sources. Key Facts. Key Facts (1). with world´s most popular country with coastlines , peninsulas and islands

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East Asia

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  1. East Asia

  2. Table of Contents • Key Facts • Geography • Economy • Culture • Demographics • Tourism • Demand • Supply • Sources

  3. Key Facts

  4. Key Facts (1) • with world´s most popular country • withcoastlines, peninsulasandislands • highest snowcapped mountains, vast deserts, cold climates and great rivers • rawmaterials

  5. Key Facts (2) • Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia, parts of China, Taiwan • Jakotatriangle • 12,000,000sq km • 1.5 billionpeople

  6. Geography

  7. Japan • island • slightlysmallerthanCalifornia • 4 mainislands • capital: Tokyo

  8. North Korea & South Korea • peninsula • slightly smaller than Mississippi, a little bit larger than Indiana • borders Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan • Capital: • North: Pyongyang • South: Seoul

  9. Mongolia • continental • slightlysmallerthan Alaska • between China andRussia • Capital: Ulan Bator

  10. China • slightlysmallerthanthe US • between North Korea, Vietnam • borders East and South China Sea, Korea Bay and Yallow Sea • Capital: Bejing/Peking

  11. Taiwan • island • slightlysmallerthan Maryland • sorrounded by the South and East China Sea and Philippine Sea • Capital: Taipei

  12. Landscapes • south-west: ice-covered mountains • collisionoftectonicplates • earthquakes • landslides • rivers: Yangtzeand Huang He

  13. Climate

  14. Climate • temperate climate with cold winters and warm summers • mostrainfallduringsummer • monsoonwinds in summer

  15. North and South Korea Japan • varies • northern area: warm summers, cold and long winters • southwestern area: hot summers, mild winters • long, cold and dry winters, hot summers too brief • rainfall in summer • ~65% of Koreas rainsfall in June and September • South Korea has 4 seasons

  16. Taiwan China • tropicalweather in southeast • colder and subarctic in the Himalaya Mountains • rainfallalongthecoast • subtropical and affected by summer monsoons

  17. Religion Languages • mainly Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Taiwanese and English • dialects: Okinawan, Xiang, Min • Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, Shintoism in Japan, Taoism in Taiwan, Shamanism in Korea and Mongolia, Christianity in South Korea and also traditional religions.

  18. Economy

  19. List by the United Nations (2011)

  20. Share of Global GDP PPP (%)

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