east asia ch 26.1. china= 80% of e. asia (4 th largest in world), 1.3 bil ppl land & sea
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EAST EAST ASIAASIA
Ch 261
China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
LAND amp SEALAND amp SEA
Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula
bull S of Manchurian Plain amp Changbai Mtns
bull bw Sea of Japan amp Yellow Sea
Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
2008 EQ in China
2009 VE in Philippines
TsunamisTsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake or any large displacement of water Gets higher as approaches land
Indonesia 2004
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
LAND amp SEALAND amp SEA
Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula
bull S of Manchurian Plain amp Changbai Mtns
bull bw Sea of Japan amp Yellow Sea
Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
2008 EQ in China
2009 VE in Philippines
TsunamisTsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake or any large displacement of water Gets higher as approaches land
Indonesia 2004
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Korean PeninsulaKorean Peninsula
bull S of Manchurian Plain amp Changbai Mtns
bull bw Sea of Japan amp Yellow Sea
Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
2008 EQ in China
2009 VE in Philippines
TsunamisTsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake or any large displacement of water Gets higher as approaches land
Indonesia 2004
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
2008 EQ in China
2009 VE in Philippines
TsunamisTsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake or any large displacement of water Gets higher as approaches land
Indonesia 2004
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
TsunamisTsunamis A wave caused by underwater earthquake or any large displacement of water Gets higher as approaches land
Indonesia 2004
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
frac12 of Chinarsquos crops grown in YR basin
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Xi River delta fastest growing in China
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Natural ResourcesNatural Resourcesbull China widest variety most oil and coal
bull MongoliaKoreas coal
bull Taiwan minimal used up
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Southeast Southeast AsiaAsia
Ch 291
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Malay Pen
Indochina Pen
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
BorneoBorneo
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
10 year anniv celebration
ET amp Philippines are only Catholic nations in SE Asia
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes- center of Indo social political eco Life- Jakarta (capital) here
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
KrakatauKrakatau
Anak Krakatau- 2007
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Mt PinatuboMt PinatuboEarthquakes began 790
Small eruptions 491
Magma eruptions 691
Climax 61591
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Mt Pinatubo
August 1991hellipover SOUTH AMERICA
Most powerful eruption of 20th century
Regular clouds
Pinatubo aerosol clouds
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
bull Lots of fossil fuels (coal oil nat gas)
bull Vietnam Brunei amp Indonesia have oilndash Indo Formerly a
member of OPEC
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
1988 protests in Rangoon
Thein Sein elected March 2011 first civilian president
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
Flora brings in big bucks Flora brings in big bucks
bull Thailand orchids
bull Malaysia rubber
bull Philippines hardwoods
bull Indonesia plywood
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
- Slide 21
- Slide 22
- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
-
All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
Burma
Cambodia
- EAST ASIA
- China= 80 of E Asia (4th largest in world) 13 bil ppl
- Korean Peninsula
- Plate Tectonics part of Ring of Fire
- Tsunamis
- Plateau of Tibet highest plateau region 15000 ft (SW China)
- Tarim Basin vast wasteland mostly desert amp salt marshes
- Huang He aka Yellow River bc of loess ldquoChinarsquos Sorrowrdquo catastrophic floods
- Yangtze River longest in Asia (3rd in world)
- Xi River delta fastest growing in China
- Grand Canal longest artificial waterway in world began in 400 BCE
- Natural Resources
- Southeast Asia
- Slide 14
- Borneo
- Indonesia 13500 islands (6000 names 1000 inhabited)
- East Timor UN voted independence in 1999 finalized in 2002
- Java most pop island in world 17100 Indonesiarsquos active volcanoes - center of Indo social political eco Life - Jakarta (capital) here
- Krakatau
- Mt Pinatubo
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- MyanmarBurma military junta has not utilized resources
- Flora brings in big bucks
- All nations but Laos are coastalislands FISHING IS HUGE
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