Asia is one, big continent. Such is a very distinct landmass. Asia, as the clich goes, is the land of extremes.

Its characteristics are really well-known and embraced as true facts all over the world. With all that it has to disclose and flaunt to all its citizenries, Asia is truly a staggering and implausible place to study and delve into as we continue with our journey as second year students of PSHS. Physical processes create, maintain, and modify Earths physical features and environments. Because the physical environment is the essential background for all human activity on Earth, the geographically informed person must understand the processes that produce these features. Asia before isnt the Asia that we have today since we all know that change is the only constant thing in this world. Through the years that passed, there have been a lot of vicissitudes and variations that occurred to this very big landmass. As a further explanation to that, the Indian Subcontinent could be taken as an example. 200 million years ago, the Indian subcontinent was once connected to the east coast of Africa. As time passed by, the land shifted and cracked and the continents drifted then India slowly crept toward Asia. It was not until 40million years ago that India collided with Asia. As a result, a certain part of Asia crumpled as they met. The land crumpled by the collision was n=pushed upwards and upwards and until now that is still the happening. This event led to the formation of the Himalayas mountains. Himalayas is the highest in the world and is still growing. Another significant part of Asia are the different groups of islands or archipelagos Understanding physical processes enables the geographically informed person to link the personal with the societal, the short term with the long term, and the local with the global dimensions of Earth.

lowest Dead Sea, Mt. Everest ,wettest Southeast Asia, driest Southwest asia mountainous areas and plains

200 m.a Indian subcontinent of south asia connected to east coast of africa subcontinent large land mass that is a major part of a cntinent = land shifted and cracked and the continents drifted then India slowly crept toward Asia =40 m.a. India collided with Asia the part of Asia crumpled when they met and Himalayas was created Himalayas highest in the world and still growing =Islands were also shaped by natural forces Physical processes that created the islands of Japan and SE asia = Ring of Fire impact on geography= circle oof earthquake zones and volcanoes surroundng the Pacific Ocean this also created many islands in SE Asia tsunamis and water surges move a lot of land Tibetan plateau= highest and biggets plateau in the world ; rooftop of the world

Rivers: Chang Jiang or Yangtze = longest,deep enough for ships three gorges dam= to control the river and generate electricity ; largest dam in the world problem: increased risk of landslides because of dam, pollution, 265 bil gallons of raw sewage dumped into the river annually Huang He or Yellow = 400 mil people live along banks,runs through N.China plain ; bbecauseof yellow soil found in it problems:water much too polluted to use on humans and agri since no choice, cancer rates in this area are soaring, pollution and lack of water problems of 75 % of China rivers

Mekong=start in Chinna thenn run through Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Ganges=begin in Himalayas,fertile plains, religious and most sacred most densely populsted area in INdia andwateris highlypolluted Indus=starts in hImalayas flows west through Pakistan SW asia most fertile soil in the world tigris and euprates rub-al kahli or empty quarter largest desert areas fertile crescent = when these rivers flloded they deposwit rich soils goodfor growingcrops; only areas in that part of theworld that transportation= give iraq only outlet to thesea

popu.desity:number of people per sq.mile lowland and coastal areas and along the rivers = east china gobi desert tibetan plateau and himalayas mountains in western china hard to live there swasia less dp = deserts people here fight over water date palm tree depend noerthern india=ganges river earwater se asiaa forested areas mountainspeople live valleys bet mountain ssreas asrablelnd able to befarmed