Geography. Козлова Е.П. - 51 стр.

10.6 Fill in the blanks with the suitable words and word combinations from the text

1. Topographically, Asia is ………. system.
2. South Asia is a hot region under the control of ………. .
3. Vast steppers are found in ………. of Asia.
4. ………. are Asia’s major saltwater lakes.
5. All three major races – ………. – make up Asia’s population.
6. ………. occupy about one fifths of the continent.
7. Asia is the birth place of ………. .
8. The continent is situated between ………. 78 0N and 10N and ………. 26 0E
and 170 0W.
9. Vegetation types range from the ………. in the north to the ………. in the
southeast.

10.7 Make up a table distributing the enumerated animals between the different
regions of Asia

 The Arctic coast        Taiga forests      Central       Asian      Southern Asia
                                            Highlands




Animals: migratory birds, elephant, arctic fox, brown bear, elk, leopard, seal, walrus,
marmot, cobra, the Siberian tiger, Arctic hare, lynx, wild yak, crocodile, snow
leopard, sable, gibbon, peacock.

10.8 Answer the following questions

What percentage of the world’s land is occupied by Asia?
Where is Asia situated?
Where does the boundary between Asia and Europe run?
How high are the Himalayas from the sea level?
Which rivers flow into the Arctic Ocean? the Indian Ocean?
How is climate range?
What are the monsoons?
Describe the flora and fauna of Asia.
What regions of Asia are the most populated?




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