天涯 -
Location: Place Eastern Hemisphere Northeast, the east , the norths , three face of south are on
verge of the Pacific Ocean , the Arctic Ocean and Indian Ocean respectively , the west is near to
Atlantic category sea the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Area: 44 million square kilometers
(include vicinity island and islet), account for 29.4% of area world dry land is general about ,
are that the world is first continent. Asia continent and the Continent are linked together ,
jointly fitting Asia-Erope Continent, general area 5 710,000 squares kilometers, Asia continent
accounts for 4/5 about. Range: Continent Dong Zhi county hero day Niaofu angle (west longitude 169"
40", north latitude 60" 05"), south till Piai angle (east longitude 103" 30", north latitude 1"
17")The coastline continent coastline is long 69 900,000 meters. Many peninsula and island and islet. General peninsula area about 1 more than 10,000 square kilometers, are that the peninsula area is maximal one continent , the Arabian Peninsula are a maximal peninsula of world. General island and islet area about 2,700,000 square kilometers, is next only to North America occupy second worlds. Kslimantan is third largest island in the world. Landform: General Asia landform characteristic is that the physical feature of a place is high , the earth"s surface ups and downs is big , centre is high , the vicinity is low , bulge and sunken alternate , has a column of lengthwise festoon shape island arc in the . Average height about 950 meter, is that in the world the physical feature of a place is maximal one continent except Antarctica. Fields on a hill , highland and hills make an appointment withRiver system: There is a lot of great river in Asia , Dadu originates from the central section high mountain zone , the memorial is radialized to flowing at great speed all round. The river flowing into Pacific has Heilongjiang , Huanghe River , the Yangtse River , Zhujiang River , Mekong etc.; Flow into Indian Ocean"s have Indus , the Ganges River , Salwin River , Irrawaddy , Tigris , Euphrates River etc.; Have Hubei Bi River , harmonious Ni Sai River , Lena flowing into the Arctic Ocean etc.Nei Liu River being distributed mainly in Asia Middle West arid area , being having Syr Darya , Amu Darya , Yi Li river , Tarim River , Jordan river and so on. Asia drop the maximal waterfall is 253 meters of Jiaoge waterfall , drop on littoral India southwest Shi La Ba Ti River. Asia lake comparing withMineral Asia mineral kind is many , reserves have petroleum , coal , iron , tin , wolfram , stibium , copper , lead , zinc , manganese , nickel, Mu , magnesium , chromium , gold , silver , halite , sulphur , gem etc. big , main. The reserves that petroleum , magnesium , iron , tin wait for live in every continent first place without exception , tin ore reserves roughly account for more than 60% of general reserves of world. Forest and grasslands: General area of forest accounts for 13% of area world forest is general about. Above 2/3, exploitation already makes use of timber forest. Artificial afforestation has certain development. Russia Asia part , Chinese northeast China , Korean be that area , accumulation amounts are rich in the north part, distribute vast coniferous forest in the world , costful use material seeds of trees many.