1. Landforms and Resources By: Dania Perez Rafael Mayo Naji Said PremKafley

2. Peninsulas and Islands • Mainland of southeast asia lies on two peninsulas. • Between indochinese and the malay peninsulas. • Atleast 700 miles long • Most of the islands found in archipelagoes.

3. Mountains and Volcanoes • Mainland has several mountains ranges such as the annamese cordillera • Roughly run through north and south. • Mountains are of volcanic origin • South asia is part of the pacific ring of fire.

4. Rivers and Coastlines • Mainlands has severe large rivers that run from north through the valley. • Near the coast rivers tend to spread out a fertile delta. • Rivers begins in china and crosses several southeast asian nations. Mekong River, Vietnam

5. Resources • Fertile soil • Volcanic activity and flooding rivers both add nutrients back to the soil. • Southeast asians have access to large numbers of fish in the rivers nearby.

6. Oceania’s Many Islands • Erosion causes some islands to vanish while other force’s create new islands. • Most pacific islands fall into 2 categories : high islands & low islands • Most islands are small • They don’t have a lot of resources • The general scarcity of resources made it difficult to develop industries.

7. Majestic New Zealand • 2 main islands, north and south • Running down the south island is a 300-mile-long mountain range • it has 16 peaks over 10,000 feet high. • Several rivers • North island • Less mountains • More fertile farm land • New Zealand has few mineral resources.

8. Flat Australia • The land mass known as australia is the smallest continent on earth • Near the eastern coast, running roughly parallel to it is a chain of highlands called the great dividing • The great barrier reef is often called the worlds largest reef although it is really a 1250-miles chain of more than 25,000 reefs

9. Icy Antarctica • An tarctica is the fifth largest continent. • It is centered on the south pole. • It’s topography is hidden by a thick ice sheet but under the ice lies a varied landscape. • East Antarctica is a group separate Islands linked only by the ice that covers them. • Antarctica’s ice sheet is the largest supply of fresh water in the world.