Name five groups in which asia can be divided topographically.for each division name two countries.
VerifiedHint: - It is the largest continent on earth. Also the most populous continent.
-It shares continental land mass with Europe and Africa .
- It covers around 30% of the land mass of earth.
Complete answer:
Asia can be divided in five groups such as -
Central asia-
- This extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east.
- Touches the country of Afghanistan in the south and Russia in the north.
- The countries in central asia are known as “stans”, and formerly were former soviet republics.
- Examples of countries - Kazakhstan (capital nur sultan), Tajikistan ( capital dushanbe).
East asia-
-It is the easternmost region of Asia.
-The countries here are all unrecognised by one another due to severe political tension. (like division of Korean peninsula, status of taiwan)
- Many autonomous states are also present in this part of asia like- Hong Kong , Macau
- This part touches to the pacific ocean in the east and to the south east is Micronesia (island groups of pacific).
- Examples of country- China, Japan
South asia-
- Topographically it is dominated by Indian plates.
- It contains the mighty Himalayas, Indian ocean.
- The Amu darya forms the northwest border and Himalayas forms the eastern border.
- South Asia is surrounded by Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
- Examples of countries - Sri Lanka, Afghanistan.
South East Asia-
- These are regions south to China and east to India hence south east .
- Bay of Bengal forms the water boundary of south east asia and india.
- The sunda plate is the main portion of southeast Asia.
- The famous ring of fire extends to the islands of Indonesia and Philippines making them vulnerable to volcanic eruptions.
- Example of country- Indonesia, Brunei
Western asia-
- This is the west most part of Asia which is separated from Africa by the isthmus of suez.
- It is surrounded by 8 seas - aegean sea, black sea, caspian sea, persian gulf, arabian sea, red sea, gulf of aden and mediterranean sea.
- The population of west asia is 300 million out of which Iran, Turkey, Iraq are the most populous.
- Examples of countries - Yemen, UAE.
Note: - Recently the USA sanctioned Turkey under CAATSA ACT for buying s-400 missiles from russia.
- The Caspian Sea is not a sea but it's a lake.
- The first civilisation of Mesopotamia started in the western Asia .(iran iraq region).
