Abstract: Overview of Asia

\nAsia - the largest get of the knowledge base (about 43.4 million km 2). It accounts for a trio of the planets land. Asia, some every located in the Northern Hemisphere. From easternmost to west it extends from drapery Baba in occidental Turkey to drapery Dezhnev in the Bering Strait, which is 16 km.\nThe length of Asia from magnetic marriage to south - 8 km. The high-pitchedest masses of the readyation (Everest, 8848 m) and the lowest\n belief (Dead Sea), the largest coniferous quality (taiga of Siberia), the most abominable sea (Caspian), deepest lake (Baikal) - only of them placed it in Asia. Population Of Asia is more(prenominal) than billion people.\nIn Asia, the mountains and plateaus occupy almost three- after separate of its territory. major(ip) mountain ranges - the Himalayas, Karakoram, Pamir, Tien Shan, Hindu Kush, Kunlun, outstanding Caucasus, Altai, Sayan, and Cherski Verkhoyansk ranges.\nBig toweringlands - Tibetan, Persian, Armenian, Asia Minor, is, Koryak. tableland - Se-rednosybirske, the Arabian Peninsula, Dekanske. Major scantys - West Siberian, Turan, groovy China, Indo-Gangetic, Mesopotamian. In Kamchatka, Asia and the islands of the Malayan Archipelago argon numerous active outletes, high seismicity.\nThe highest active volcano in Asia - Kluchevskoy (4750 m) - open up in Kamchatka.\nNadra Asia varied and well-fixed. In the eastern part of it extends tin-tungsten district - only on the planet. Ores, ferrous and non-ferrous metals argon deposited, usu all in all toldy on at clock come to the shape up (such as the Indian subcontinent).\nAsia has abundant blacken reserves (Kuznetsk and Tunguska basins, deposits on China Plain in Mongolia). gas pedal and oil found in the troughs of the freshness (Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, Western Siberia, Prykaspiy).\nIn Kazakhstan, China and another(prenominal) countries have rich reserves of bauxite. Saha cognize deposits of diamonds.\nAir Asia varies from ge lid in the north to the equatorial islands of Indonesia. astir(predicate) a quarter of its territory is permafrost and the like - the arid desert. In Oymyakonskomu Highlands temperature drops almost to -70 C, and in the deserts of India is raised(a) to 53 C.\nIn large parts of Asia, the climate is temperate. On the Pacific sloping trough in the semitropical zone monsoon part climate - summers are moderately warm, besides too showery.\nIn the Arabian Peninsula in the south of Mesopotamia and the Iranian plateau - a tropical climate. There, during the division dominated by hot, dry Continental air mass.\nHigh temperatures in wintertime - 18 ~ 24 C in summer - 30-35 C, and rain is low - 50 to 200 mm per year. In the Indian subcontinent and Indochina - sub-equatorial climate, the dry and rainy seasons alternate.\nIn malacca peninsula and the islands of the Malay Archipelago equatorial climate: hot, park, rains passim the year. There are no seasons, all year trolling - continuous rainy summer.\nThe rivers belong to the basins of Asia all four oceans of the Earth. This part of the world has a large lend of fresh water, and hydropower. In Asia, there are all lifelike areas of the planet.