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Whateconomicactivity may occurhere?

• Fishing&tourism

Southeast Asia

Physical Geography

• Southeast Asia hastwo kindsofcountriesmainland&island.

• Indonesia &the Philippinesareislandsthatwere once connected bylandbridges (a stripoflandconnecting twolandmasses).

• Glaciers that melted of6,000years agocausedthe sea level torise andthose landbridges arenowunder water.

Mainland Countries

• Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia,Vietnam, andLaos.

• People inthese countries rely onthe regionsrivers fortransportation, food,drinking water,andirrigation.

• They mostliveinsmallvillagesinthemountainsor near waterways.

Mainland Countries

• Generally hasa tropical climate.• Temperatures vary based onelevation anddistance from ocean.

• Receive rainfall from May toSeptember, thewet monsoonseason.

• Typhoonsoften strike during the wet season.• The rest ofthe year isthedry monsoonseason.

Myanmar(Burma) HoChi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam

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Cambodia Laos Laos

Bangkok, Thailand Thailand Parallel Rivers

The Mekong River• 2,600mileslong,runsthroughthe middleofmainlandsoutheast Asia. Longest river

• The Mekong delta covers 25,000milesandisdensely populated as amajor rice-growingarea.

Mekong ChaoPhraya Irrawaddy

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Dolphinscanbeseen intheIrrawaddy River Parallel Rivers

ChaoPhrayaRiver• MostimportantriverinThailand.• Usedtoirrigate ricefieldsandasamajortransportationroute.

Irrawaddy River• Alsosupportsricefarmingandusefortransportation.

• Eachyear duringtherainyseason,itcanrisemorethan30feet.Portmusthavetwodifferentdockstoaccommodatethevaryingriverdepth.

• Importantforaquaticlifelikedolphinsandsharks.

MalayPeninsula

• Includesparts ofMalaysia, Thailand, andMyanmar.

• TinandBauxite are minedinthemountains.• 40%ofthe peninsulaslandiscovered withrain forests.

• Rainforests are being cutdownto make roomforlarge farms ofrubber andpalm oiltrees.

KualaLumpur, Malaysia MalaysianLandscape IslandCountries

• Indonesia,thePhilippines,Brunei,Singapore,andEastTimor.

• OntheRingofFire- wheretheEurasian,Indian,Philippine,andAustraliantectonicplatescometogether.

• Manyactivevolcanoes• Experience frequent earthquakes andtsunamis.• In2004,anearthquakecausedtsunaminearSumatra killedatleast225,000people.

Indonesia

• Made upofthousandsofislands.• Largest populationintheregion• More volcanoes than anyother country intheworld.

Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia

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ThePhilippines

• Most peoplelive onlowlandplains.• Soilmade fertile byvolcaniceruptions.• Manila- the capital isextremely large.• Outside ofManila,most people liveinsmallrural settlements.

• Depend onfishingandrice farming.

Manila, Philippines Philippines

Philippines Review Questions

1. How doesthe climate ofthe two part ofSoutheast Asia differ?

2. Why are the rivers sosignificant inthisregion?

3. What isthelongest river inthisregion?4. What isminedinthemountainsonthe

Malay peninsula?

Review Questions

5.Rainforest are being cutdowntoplanfarmsofwhat kindoftrees?

6.What istheRingofFire?7.Earthquakes cancause what other naturaldisaster inthisregion?

8.What isthelargest country inthisregion?