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Subject: India & World Geography

Topic: Asia

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Area: 43,608,000 million sq. km (30% of total land surface of the earth.)

Population : 3588.9 million

Latitudes : 10011'S to 81012'N

Only some of the Indonesian group of Islands is located to the south of equator in the Southern Hemisphere.

Longitude : 2602'E to 169040'W in the east crossing 1800 longitude.

North-South Extent : 6,440 km East-West Extent : 9,650 km

Asia—Physical

Important Seas

Name	Location	Part of Ocean
Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, and East Siberian Sea	North of Russia	Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea	Northeast of Russia	Pacific Ocean
Sea of Okhotsk	East of Russia	Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan	West of Japan	Pacific Ocean
Yellow Sea	West of Korea	Pacific Ocean
East China Sea	East of China	Pacific Ocean
South China Sea	South of China	Pacific Ocean
Sulu Sea	West of the Philippines Island	Pacific Ocean
Celebes Sea	North of Celebes Island	Pacific Ocean
Banda Sea	East of Celebes Island	Pacific Ocean
Flores Sea	South of Celebes Sea	Pacific Ocean
Molucca Sea	East of Celebes Island	Pacific Ocean
Java Sea	North of Java	Pacific Ocean
Timor Sea	Northwest of Australia	Pacific Ocean
Arafura Sea	North of Australia	South Pacific Ocean
Bay of Bengal	East of the Indian Peninsula	Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea	West of the Indian Peninsula	Indian Ocean
Red Sea	Separates Asia from Africa	Indian Ocean

Important Gulfs

Name	Location	Part of Ocean
Gulf of Ob	Between Yamal Peninsula and Gyda Peninsula	Arctic Ocean
Gulf of Chihli	East of China	Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Gulf of Tonkin	East of Vietnam	South China Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Gulf of Thailand	South of Thailand	South of Thailand
Persian Gulf	Separates Arabian Peninsula from the Plateau of Iran	Indian Ocean
Gulf of Oman	Between Iranian Plateau and Oman	Indian Ocean
Gulf of Aden	Between Somalia and Yemen	Indian Ocean
Gulf of Aquaba	Between Aquaba (Jordan) and Sinai Peninsula (Egypt).	Red Sea
Severnaya Islands	North of Russia	Arctic Ocean
New Siberian Islands	North of Russia	Between Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean
Wrangel Islands	North of Russia	East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean
Kurile Islands An extension of the volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula	Between Kamchatka Peninsula and Hokkaido Island	Pacific Ocean
Ryukyu Island An example of sub- merged island.	Between Kyushu and Taiwan	Pacific Ocean
Bonin Island	East of Ryuky Island	Pacific Ocean
Babuyan Islands	Between Taiwan and Luzon (Philippines)	Pacific Ocean
Spartly and Parcel Islands A disputed group of islands claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei because of the vast reserves of oil beneth these islands.	A group of atolls in South China Sea	Pacific Ocean
The Philippines archipelago	Lying 1200 km east of Vietnam and 150 north of the equator. Luzon. The largest and the important island of the Philippines is known as the ‘Rice Bowl of Philippines’. Mount Mayon, the only active volcano of the Philippines, is located in the Luzon. Good quality cigar tobaco is grown in the northern Luzon (mainly Cagayan Valley). Igorot tribe lives in the northern region of island. Mindano Island Second largest island located in southern part of the Philippines. Mount Apo, a dormant volcano on Mindano, is the country’s highest peak.	Pacific Ocean

Important Straits

Name	Separates	Connects
Bering Strait	Asia and North America	East Siberian Sea with Bering Sea
La Parouse Strait	Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido Island	Sea of Okhotsk with Sea of Japan
Tatra Strait	Eastern Russia and Sakhalin	Sea of Okhotsk with Sea of Japan
Korea Strait	South Korea and Kyushu (Japan)	Yellow Sea with Sea of Japan
Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait)	Taiwan and China	East China Sea with South China Sea
Luzon Strait	Taiwan and Luzon (Philippines)	South China Sea with Pacific Ocean.
Makassar Strait	Borneo (Kalimantan) and Celebes Island	Celebes Sea with Java Sea
Sundra Strait	Java and Sumatra	Java Sea with Indian Ocean
Malacca Strait One of the great shipping corridors of the world	Malaya Peninsula and Sumatra	Java Sea with Bay of Bengal
Strait of Jahore	Singapore and Malaysia	South China Sea with strait of Malacca
Strait of Hormuz	UAE and Iran	Persian Gulf with Gulf of Oman.
Strait of Bosporus	Asia and Europe	Black Sea with Sea of Marmara.
Strait of Dardanelles	Asia and Europe	Sea of Marmara with Mediterranean Sea