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Physical Characteristics of the Seven Continents. Bell Ringer. What is Asia’s largest desert? Which mtn. chain divides Europe and Russia? Where is the Danube river located? What physical feature is the oldest in the western hemisphere?. Africa. Africa.
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Bell Ringer • What is Asia’s largest desert? • Which mtn. chain divides Europe and Russia? • Where is the Danube river located? • What physical feature is the oldest in the western hemisphere?
Africa • The Sahara Desert covers an area almost as large as the entire continental United States. A Sand Dune in the Sahara Desert
Africa • The Sahel is a semi-arid tropical savanna region in Africa, which forms the transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savanna belt to the south. • Very low quality of life and a conflict zone
Africa • The Nile River is the longest river in the world. • It is 4,184 miles long!
Africa • The Congo River Basin is the area surrounding the Congo River. • It contains the second-largest rain forest in the world.
Kalahari Desert • The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometers, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa. • Diamonds discovered in 1996 • Many wildlife game reserves
Africa • FYI: There are estimated to be over 2,000 languages spoken in Africa
Africa • FYI: There are 53 countries in Africa.
Australia & Oceania • Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
Australia & Oceania • The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world. • Almost the entire population of Australia lives on the coastal side of the mtns.
The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef FYI: There are over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands that make up the Great Barrier Reef. Australia & Oceania
FYI: Coral reefs provide food and shelter for thousands of organisms which co-exist in complex interconnected food chains. FYI: Coral reefs are the largest natural structures in the world. FYI: The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space. Australia & Oceania
Australia & Oceania • The Australian Outback is a large section of remote and wild desert. • The ‘Outback’ is a dry, desert region.
Bell Ringer • What is the mtn. range that divides the populated areas of Australia? • What is the region that is between the Sahara and the Congo that is know for a low quality of life?
FYI: Asia is the largest continent in both size and population. Asia
Asia • The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. • Major oil production and pipelines
Agenda for 8/22/17 • Complete Close Read over the Sahel. • Begin work on African map. • Name all of the countries and draw the physical characteristics mentioned in our notes. • If you have not finished the climate worksheet, I suggest you get that turned in today.
Asia • Ancient river valley civilizations existed along the banks of the Indus, Huang He, Ganges, and Yangtze Rivers • These fertile areas provided the foundation for Indian and East Asian cultures.
The Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks. Asia
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains. Asia
The Gobi Desert is the largest desert region in Asia. The Gobi Desert is a cold desert, and it is not uncommon to see frost and occasionally snow on its dunes. Asia
Asia Tokyo, Japan Hong Kong, China
Asia St. Petersburg, Russia Children in Saudi Arabia
Europe + Asia= Eurasia • Geographers refer to Europe and Asia as one large continent called Eurasia. • Some geographers believe that because there are no waterways separating the two continents, it is one large landmass. • Other geographers use the Ural Mountains as the natural boundary.
Europe • The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia.
Europe • The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe. • The altitude and size of the range affects the climate in Europe. • The traditional culture of farming, cheese making, and woodworking still exists in Alpine villages
Europe • The Seine, Danube, and Rhine rivers supply some of the major cities of Europe • These rivers would lay the foundation for European powers that would eventually create the modern world.
Europe • Europe has several peninsulas. Italy Greece
Europe • Europe has several peninsulas. Iberian (Spain & Portugal) Scandinavia (Norway & Sweden)
The Middle East • The Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf are an important part of the Middle East and plays an important role because of its large reserves of oil and natural gas.
The Middle East • The Zagros Mountains form the largest mountain range in Iran, Iraq and southeastern Turkey. • Separates Arabia from Persia • Home of the Kurds, a historically oppressed minority.
The Middle East • The Tigris and Euphrates run through modern day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. • Also known as the fertile crescent. • Known as the cradle of civilization.
The Andes Mountains are the world's longest exposed mountain range. FYI: They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. FYI: The range is over 4,300 miles long. South America
The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume FYI: At no point is the Amazon crossed by bridges! South America
South America • FYI: The Amazon River is only slightly shorter than the Nile River.
South America • The Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world due to massive rain shadow effect on a plateau. • Clearest skies in the world and is home to largest ground telescope
South America • The humid Pampas ecosystem is one of the richest grazing grasslands areas in the world. • Buenos Aires and other highly populated areas are here. • Cattle culture developed out of climate and makes it one of the beef capitals of the world.
North America • The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent. • Once a thriving area for Native Americans, it was very important to in westward expansion • Faces pollution problems today.
North America • The Appalachian and Rocky mountains are the largest mountain chains in the U.S. • Appalachia was once a barrier to westward expansion and is now a major oil and natural gas production zone. • The Rockies form the Continental Divide, separating rivers draining to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans from those draining to the Pacific.
North America • The Canadian Shield is among the oldest on earth, with regions dating from 2.5 to 4.2 billion years. • The first part of North America to be above sea level. • The Canadian Shield is one of the world's richest areas in terms of mineral ores. It is filled with substantial deposits of nickel, gold, silver, and copper.
