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The Heights of Asia: Exploring Mount Everest and Physical Features

Discover the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, which rises to an impressive height of 29,029 feet. On May 29, 1953, climbers Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reached its summit. However, the journey is perilous, with approximately 240 climbers losing their lives due to avalanches, rockslides, and harsh weather conditions. This article also explores Asia's physical features, including prominent rivers like the Ganges and Indus, mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and Altai, and key deserts including the Gobi and Taklimakan.

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The Heights of Asia: Exploring Mount Everest and Physical Features

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  1. Monday, April 14th Bell ringer Found in Asia, what is the tallest mountain in the world?

  2. Answer Mount Everest! It stands 29,029 ft tall New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953. About 240 people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest from avalanches, rockslides, blizzards and freezing temperatures.

  3. Physical Features of Asia

  4. Using your atlas, label the following physical features of Asia: • Ganges River • Indus River • Ob River • Yenisey River • Altai Mountains • Himalaya Mountains • Mount Everest • Ural Mountains • Central Siberian Plateau • Manchurian Plain • Arabian Desert • Gobi Desert • Taklimakan Desert Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Philippine Sea South China Sea Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Java Sea Lake Baikal Lake Balkhash Huang He River

  5. Ring of Fire An area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean

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