592 Atlas

Kuala Lumpur

Palembang

Bandung SemarangSurabaya

Sapporo

Taipei

Xi’an

Surat

Ürümqi

Chittagong

Bhopal

Jaipur

KanpurPatna

Lucknow

Ludhiana

Nagpur

Madurai

Medan

FukuokaHiroshima

NagoyaKyotoYokohama

Daejon Daegu

Pyongyang

Kaohsiung

Qiqihar

Jilin

AnshanFushun

Tangshan

DalianShijiazhuang

Baotou

Taiyuan

Zhengzhou

Qingdao

Nanjing

Fuzhou

Nanchang

ChangshaGuiyang

Kunming

Lanzhou

Ujungpandang

Davao

Haiphong

Guangzhou

Hangzhou

PusanJinan

Changchun

Harbin

Chengdu

Yangon

BangkokBangalore

Chennai

Hong Kong

Shenyang

Wuhan

Ahmadabad

Hyderabad

Chongqing

PuneHanoi

Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore

Jakarta

Manila

Seoul Tokyo

Osaka

Shanghai

Beijing

Tianjin

Mumbai(Bombay)

Delhi

CalcuttaDhaka

I N D I A N

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O C E A N

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

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0° Equator

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10°S

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

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Per sq. kmOver 10050–10010–501–10Under 1

Population Density

Urban Population

Number of PeopleOver 8,000,0004,000,000–8,000,0001,000,000–4,000,000

Per sq. mi.Over 250125–25025–125

2–25Under 2

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Population Density of Monsoon Asia

Atlas 593

I N D I A N

O C E A N

P A C I F I C

O C E A N

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40°N

50°N60°N

10°N

0° Equator

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10°S

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

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10°N

0° Equator

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Land Use Resources

Subsistence farming

Commercial farming

Nomadic herding

Livestock raising

Commercial fishing

Forestry

Trade and manufacturing

Little or no activity

Coal

Hydroelectric power

Iron

Natural gas

Petroleum (oil)

Precious metals(gold, silver, copper)

Uranium

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Economic Activity of Monsoon Asia

594 Atlas

Physical Features of Oceania and Antarctica

Mt. Kosciusko(7,310 ft.2,228 m)

Mt. Wilhelm(14,794 ft.4,509 m)

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ETasmania

North Island

South Island

NewGuinea

GreatArtesian

Basin

Cape YorkPeninsula

GreatSandyDesert

SimpsonDesert

ArnhemLand

GreatVictoria Desert

WESTERN

PLATEAU

BismarckArchipelago

NewCaledonia

FijiIslands

SamoaIslands

Tahiti

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

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GreatAustralian Bight

Ta s m a nS e a

C o r a l

S e a

TimorSea

ArafuraSea

SolomonSea

Darling R.

Murray R.

Lachlan R.

Gulf ofCarpenteria

Cook Strait

Bass Strait

LakeEyre

P A C I F I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

Tropic of Capricorn

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10°S

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Tropic of Capricorn

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40°S

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10°S

10°N

20°N

10°N

20°N

Mountain peak

FeetOver 10,000

5,001–10,0002,001–5,0001,001–2,000

0–1,000

MetersOver 3,0501,526–3,050611–1,525306–6100–305

Elevation

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VinsonMassif(16,067 ft.4,897 m)

Queen Maud Land

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WeddellSea

RossSea

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Antarctic Circle

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60°S

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Mountain peak

Ice capIce shelf

Elevation

Atlas 595

Political Boundaries of Oceania and Antarctica

A U S T R A L I A

FIJI

KIRIBATI

MARSHALLISLANDS

FEDERATED STATESOF MICRONESIA

NAURU

NEWZEALAND

PALAU

PAPUANEW GUINEA

SAMOA

SOLOMONISLANDS

TONGA

TUVALU

Norfolk I.(Australia)

New Caledonia(France)

Wallis & Futuna(France)

Niue(New Zealand)

AmericanSamoa(U.S.)

Hawaii(U.S.)Guam

(U.S.)

Northern Mariana Is.(U.S.)

Tokelau(New Zealand)

French Po lynes ia(France)

VANUATU

Cook Is.(New Zealand)

Capital�

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Canberra

Wellington

PortMoresby

Koror

Yaren

Majuro

Tarawa

Funafuti

Palikir

Honiara

Port-Vila

Suva

Apia

Nuku’alofa

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Tropic of Capricorn

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10°S

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Tropic of Capricorn

0° Equator

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20°S

10°S

10°N

20°N

10°N

20°N

140°W

ATLANTIC OCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

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60°E

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Antarctic Circle

60°S

60°S

A N TA R C T I C A

596 Atlas

Climate Zones of Oceania and Antarctica

P A C I F I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

Tropic of Capricorn

0° Equator

20°S

10°S

170°E160°E150°E140°E130°E120°E110°E100°E

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Tropic of Capricorn

0° Equator

30°S

40°S

40°S

30°S

20°S

10°S

10°N

20°N

10°N

20°N

Climate Zones

Highlands

Marine west coast

Humid subtropical

Mediterranean

Arid

Semiarid

Tropical wet and dry

Tropical wet

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INDIANOCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

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120°E

100°E

80°E

60°E

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80°W

100°W

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60°S

Antarctic Circle

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Ice capClimate Zone