1. The National Flags of the Asian States Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussala m Cambodia China Georgia India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea (South) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau (Macao) Malaysia Maldives

2. Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestinian Authority Qatar Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Viet Nam Yemen 3. Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines 4. Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines These beautiful rice terraces are located in the Philippines, mostly in the Ifuago province. It is said they were built primarily by hand, with limited use of any equipment. The people of the Ifuago province have been taking care of the terraces and the province has been a very popular tourist destination. 5. The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan 6. The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan Located near the village of Derweze in Turkmenistan, this large hole in the ground has been burning for almost 40 years. It was created as a result of an accident during drilling. Unfortunately, it's most likely going to get closed soon. 7. Himeji Castle in Japan 8. Himeji Castle in Japan This beautiful complex is located on a hilltop in Himeji in Hyougo Prefecture, Japan. Most of its exterior is white, which is why it's sometimes referred to as the "White Heron Castle." The castle miraculously survived the Second World War, even though Himeji was bombed twice. 9. Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Afghanistan 10. Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Afghanistan It's also known as the Blue Mosque and it's located in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan. It's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Afghanistan. The place is well known for the white pigeons that live in the complex; it's believed that when a grey pigeon finds itself near the shrine complex, it turns white within 40 days. 11. Jeju Island in South Korea 12. Jeju Island in South Korea This South Korean island is a very popular spot for tourists, mostly ones from Korea and Japan. It's a volcanic island, but it also contains beautiful flora, including the evergreen Gotjawal Forest. The picture below shows the area surrounding Hallasan, a shield volcano on the island. 13. Lena Pillars in Russia 14. Lena Pillars in Russia These breathtaking natural pillars are located in eastern Siberia, Russia. The pillars are also known as the Stone Trees of Yakutsk. The area surrounding the pillars is almost untouched by civilization and much of it consists of forests. 15. Maldives 16. Maldives Maldives are beautiful islands in the Indian Ocean that many people consider to be a paradise on Earth. The white sandy beaches and the stunningly clear waters make the islands an extremely popular tourist destination. 17. Valley of Flowers in India 18. Valley of Flowers in India Valley of Flowers National Park is, as the name suggests, a valley full of flowers. It's located in West Himalaya and it's a beautiful park containing different kind s of flowers, as well as some rare species of animals. The valley is so colorful that local people used to believe that fairies lived in it. 19. East Hulun Buir Grassland in China 20. East Hulun Buir Grassland in China China is known for its grasslands and this one is among its most impressive ones. It's named after the lakes of Hulun and Buir. The grass of the East Hulun Buir Grassland is of extremely high quality and it's exported to other countries. 21. Jiuzhaigou Valley in China 22. Jiuzhaigou Valley in China This nature reserve located in the province of Sichuan, China, is known for beautiful lakes and waterfalls. The name of the valley means "Valley of Nine Villages", as nine villages are situated along the valley, seven of which are still inhabited by people. The valley contains beautiful forests that look especially attractive during autumn. 23. Ang Asya ang pinakamalaki na kontinente at sumasaklaw sa humigit-kumulang na ikatlong bahagi ng mundo. May sukat itong 49,694,700 milya kuwadrado (mi2). The culture of Asia is human civilization in Asia. It features different kinds of cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, andethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions, including Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. Geographically, Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally, there has been little unity or common history for many of the cultures and peoples of Asia. 24. There are an abundance of ethnic groups throughout Asia, with adaptations to the climate zones of Asia, which can perate, subtropical or tropical. The ethnic groups have adapted to mountains, deserts, grasslands, and forests. On the coasts of Asia, the ethnic groups have adopted various methods of harvest and transport. Some groups are primarily hunter-gatherers, some practice transhumance(nomadic lifestyle), others have been agrarian/rural for millennia and others are becoming industrial/urban. Some groups/countries of Asia are completely urban (Singapore and Hong Kong). The colonization of Asia was largely ended in the twentieth century, with national drives for independence and self-determination across the continent. 25. Group 2 VIII-Aristotle 26. Bulubundukin O hanay ng mga bundok Himalayas-pinakatanyag na bulubundukin na may habang umaabot ng 2,414 kilometro o 1500 milya Hindu Kush(Afghanistan) Pamir (Pakistan,Afghanistan,Tajikistan at Kyrgstan) at marami pang iba ,ito ay ilan din sa mga bulubundukin sa Asya 27. Bundok Ang Mt.Everest na nakahanay sa Himalayas ay ang pinakamataas na Bundok sa buong mundo na may taas na halos 8,850 metro K2 ang pumapangalawa sa Mt. Everest na may taas na 8,611 na metro na nasa Pakistan/China Pumangatlo ang Mt.Kachenjunga 28. Bulkan Dahil sa ang Insular Southeast Asia ay nakalatag sa Pacific Ring of Fire,tinatayang nasa mahigit kumulang 300 aktibong bulkan ang nasa Asya tulad ng Semeru,Krakatoa,Fuji,Pintubo,Taal at mayon 29. Talampas O kaya ang kapatagan sa taas ng bundok Tibetan Plateau-tinuturing na pinakamataas ng talamapas sa buong mundo na may taas na 16,000 na talampakan at tinaguriang Roof of the World ay matatagpuan sa asya Deccan na nasa timog na bahagi ng Indo-Gangentic Plain ng India ay kilala rin 30. Disyerto Gobi Dessert-pinakaalaking disyerto sa asya na pangapat sa pinakamalaking disyerto sa buong mundo Madami ang disyerto sa asya tulad na lang ng Taklamakan,Kara,Kum, at mga disyerto sa Iraq,Saudi,Arabia at India 31. Kapuluan o Arkipeligo Pangkat ng mga pulo na marami sa asya tulad ng Indonesia ,ang pinakamalaking archipelagic state sa buong mundo na binubuo ng humigit kumulang na 13,000 mga pulo,ang Pilipinas at Japan 32. Pulo Umabot sa 770 libong milya ang kabuuang sukat ng mga pulo sa asya kabilang dito ang mga Cyprus,Andaman,Sri Lanka,Maldives,Borneo,Taiwan at marami pang iba. 33. Tangway o Peninsula Lupain din ng mga tangway o anyong lupa nakausli sa karagatan ang Asya.Tinatayang nasa tatlong milyong milya kwadrado ang sukat nito. Ilan sa mga ito ang Turkey,Arabia,India,Korea, at Yamal. 34. Kapatagan Halos sangkapat (1/4) na bahagi ng lupain ng asya ay kapatagan. Ang Indo-Gangentic Plain at malakig bahagi ng Timog Silangang Asya ay bahagi nito 35. Anyong Tubig Ang mga baybay-ilog ng Tigris at Euphrates,Indus, at Huang Ho ang nagsisilbing lundayan ng mga sinaunang kabihasnan hindi lamang sa Asya kundi sa buong daigdig. Madaming ilog ang dumadaloy sa asya at patuloy na nagbibigay kapakinabangan sa tao gaya ng Lena,Ob,Ganges at iba pa. 36. Apat ng katangi tanging lawa ang matatagpuan sa Asya: Caspian Sea-piakamalaking lawa sa mundo Lake Bikal-pinakamalalim na lawa Dead Sea-pangalawa sa pinakamaalat na anyong tubig sa buong daigdig Aral Sea-pinakamalaking lawa sa asya -ang mga lawang ito ay nagdudulot din ng paghubog sa uri ng pamumuhay ng mga naninirahan doon 37. Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and comprises 30% of its land area. With approximately 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. Asia has a high growth rate in the modern era. For instance, during the 20th century, Asia's population nearly quadrupled. 38. Ang Bundok Everest ay ang pinakamataas na bundok sa Daigdig, kapag sinusukat ang taas ng tutok higit sa kapatagan ngdagat. Nasa hangganan sa pagitan ng Nepal at Tsina ang mga palupo ng tutok ng Everest. Inaakalang tumataas ang tuktok ng Everest sa tulin na mga 4 milimetro bawat taon 39. Merapi Volcano 40. Merapi Volcano 41. The Tibetan Plateau (Tibetan: , Wylie: bod sa mtho), also known in China as theQinghai-Tibet (Qingzang) Plateau (Chinese: pinyin: Qngzng Goyun) or Himalayan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia[1][2][3][4] or East Asia covering most of theTibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east to west. With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres (970,000 sq mi) (about four times the size of France). 42. Yangtze River 43. Yangtze River The Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang (Mandarin) is the longest river in Asia, and thethird longest in the world. It flows for 6,418 kilometres (3,988 mi) from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghaieastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the biggest rivers by discharge volume in the world. The Yangtze drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to one-third of the PRC's population 44. Huang Ho River 45. Ang Ilog na Dilaw o Huang He / Hwang Ho (Ingles: Yellow River;Intsik; pinyin: Hung H; Monggolyano: Hatan Gol, , "Reynang ilog", Queen river sa Ingles[1][2]) ang ikalawang pinakamahabang ilog sa Tsina (sumunod sa Ilog Yangtze) atikaanim sa pinakamahaba sa buong mundo sa habang 5,463 kilometro (3,398 mi).[3] Nagmumula sa Bulubunduking Bayan Har sa lalawigan ng Qinghaisa kanlurang Tsina, dumadaloy ito sa siyam na lalawigan ng Tsina at nagtatapos sa Dagat Bohai. Ang limasan nang Ilog na Dilaw ay may lapad na 1900 km (1,180 mi) silangan-pakanluran at 1100 km (684 mi) hilaga- patimog. At may kabuuang lawak ng limasan na 742,443 km (290,520 mi). Huang Ho River 46. Indus River 47. Indus River The Indus River is a major river in Asia which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through western Tibet in thePeople's Republic of China as well as northern India. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar, the river runs a course through theLadakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, towards Gilgit and Baltistan and then flows in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into theArabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh. The total length of the river is 3,180 km (1,980 mi). It is Pakistan's longest river. 48. Mekong River 49. Mekong River The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river[2] and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km (2,703 mi),[2] and it drains an area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 457 km3(110 cu mi) of water annually.[3] From the Tibetan Plateau this river runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. In 1995, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam established the Mekong River Commission to assist in the management and coordinated use of the Mekong's resources. In 1996 China and Burma (Myanmar) became "dialogue partners" of the MRC and the six countries now work together within a cooperative framework. 50. Fertile Crescent 51. The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa. The term was first used byUniversity of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. Having originated in the study of ancient history, the concept soon developed and today retains meanings in international geopolitics and diplomatic relations. Fertile Crescent 52. Gobi Desert 53. Mongolian Plateau 54. Mongolian Plateau The Mongolian Plateau is the part of the Central Asian Plateau lying between 8740-12215N and 3746-5308E and having an area of approximately 2,600,000 square kilometres (1,000,000 sq mi). It is bounded by the Greater Hinggan Mountains in the east, the Yin Mountains to the south, the Altai Mountains to the west, and the Sayan andKhentii mountains to the north.[1] Politically, the independent state of Mongolia, China's Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia areas, and Russia's Siberia area lie on the Mongolian Plateau. The plateau includes the Gobi Desert as well as dry steppe regions. It has an elevation of roughly 1000 to 1,500 meters, with the lowest point in Hulunbuir and the highest point in Altai. 55. Hindu Kush Mountains 56. Hindu Kush Mountains The Hindu Kush is an 800 km (500 mi) long mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northernPakistan. The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir (7,708 m or 25,289 ft) in Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It divides the valley of the Amu Darya (the ancient Oxus River) to the north from the Indus River valley to the south. To the east the Hindu Kush buttresses the Pamir range near the point where the borders of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet, after which it runs southwest through Pakistan and into Afghanistan, finally merging into minor ranges in western Afghanistan. 57. Presentation prepared by: Grade 8 Aristole 2013-2014