Eastern and Southern Asia

Relief of Eastern Asia. Along the coasts bordering the Pacific Seas, both on the mainland and on the adjacent islands, are ranges of young mountains. They run across Kamchatka and from there southward across the Kuril Islands. They are continued through the Japanese, Philippine and Greater Sunda Islands.
Near the coasts of the Yellow and East China Seas lies the Great China Plain. Formerly there were great gulfs here, but these gradually filled with river silt until land took the place of sea. The rivers flowing across this plain still carry much silt to the sea, continuing to fill its shores.
South of the Great China Plain rise the low and much-denuded South China Hills, extending as far as the shores of the East China and South China Seas.
Relief of Southern Asia. The Peninsulas of Indo-China and Hin­dustan consist mainly of tablelands and mountains. The greater part of Indo-China is mountainous. Mountains stretch from north to south throughout the entire length of the peninsula.
The Peninsula of Hindustan is wholly occupied by the Dec-can Plateau. Like the Arabian Peninsula, this is an elevated land massif composed of ancient rocks.
Between the Deccan Plateau and the Himalayas lies the Indo - Gangetic Lowland (the Plain of Hindustan). It has taken the place of the strait which formerly separated the Deccan Plateau from the mainland and was gradually filled with silt brought by rivers from the neighbouring mountains and uplands.

Questions and Assignments.

1. Continuing your work on the outline map, put down the names of the mountains, plateaus and lowlands of Eastern and Southern Asia.
2. How do the Plateaus of Tibet and Arabia differ in structure?