- Asia is the world’s largest peak continent.
- Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the highest in the world.
- The Dead Sea in the West is the lowest point in the world.
- The coldest point in Asia is the frozen waste of Northern Siberia.
- Himalayas is the example of young mountain range.
- The ‘Takla Makan’ is one of several deserts in the Central Asia.
- Singapore is one of the world’s densely populated places.
- India is the world’s largest democracy while China is a communist power.
- The booming ‘Tiger Economy’ has developed in countries such as Taiwan which borders the Pacific Ocean.
- Norilsk is one of several era industrial complexes built in Russia. It is a processing centre of rich minerals reserves found nearby.
- Mumbai is India’s leading industrial city and has a thriving stock market.
- Half of the world’s oil and gas reserves are in Asia.
- Japan is world’s leading producer of electronic and high-tech goods like computers, cameras and equipment.
- Uzbekistan is world’s fourth largest producer of cotton.
- China is World’s largest producer of rice.
- Tropical climate across the island of Southeast Asia produces warm humid condition in which rainforest are found.
- The deepest lake in the world is the Lake Baikal and it is also the largest fresh water one.
- The Taiga forests of Siberian region contain the world’s biggest timber reserves.
- Lake Van is one of the shallow salt lakes found in Anatolia.
- The Syrian Desert is mainly rocky which extends from the Jordan valley in the west to fertile plains of the Tigris.
- The Dead Sea is situated between the border of Israel and Jordan.
- The Bedouin tribe is found in Saudi Arabia.
- The Wadis is a type of river bed and valley.
- The continent of Asia consists of 60 per cent of the world population.
- The alluvial river valley of the Ganges (in India) and the Yangtze and Huang Ho (in China) have the greatest population densities of the world.
- The type of Agriculture which is commonest in Asia in known as intensive agriculture.
- More than 90 per cent of the world’s rice is grown in Asia.
- Coniferous forests are found in Soviet Union, Japan and Himalayan region.
- Monsoon forest is found in Myanmar and parts of south-east-Asia.
- Equatorial forests are found in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- Malaysia is the largest producer and ex- porter of rubber in the world.
- Victoria is the capital of Hong Kong.
- East Timor is an island situated between Indonesia and Australia in the Timor Sea.
- Tsunamis are a type of sea waves which frequently threaten the east coast of Ja- pan.
- Mount Fuji is a 3,776 m snow-capped volcano and the highest mountain in Japan.
- The Gobi and Takla Makan desert are hot in summer and extremely cold in winter.
- The plateau of Tibet is known as the roof of the world.
- The arid and sandy Thar deserts lies between the border of India and Pakistan.
- Mekong River flows through Southern China and Myanmar and forms much of the border between Laos and Thai- land.
- Indonesia is most active volcanic region of the world.
- Irian Jaya is a province of Indonesia. Its dense rainforest are some of the lasts unexplored areas on the Earth and are inhabited by many rare plant and animal species.
