Karta över Asien Kontinent Regionen
The abstemious of Asia encompasses 17,333,732 aboveboard miles. Its accomplished point is Mount Everest in Nepal and China, at 29,028 anxiety aloft sea level. Its everyman point is the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan, at 1,312 anxiety beneath sea level. Mount Everest is the accomplished abundance on planet Earth, and the Dead Sea's apparent is the everyman abode on Earth. Asia's almost citizenry in 2002 was 3,797,857,500. Asia, the better allotment of the Eurasian acreage mass, consists of over 40 countries, including Russia, the better country in the world. It is belted on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the southeast by Australia, on the south by the Indian Ocean, on the southwest by the Red Sea, on the west by Europe, and on the arctic by the Arctic Ocean.
Three of Asia's arch countries, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, are island nations. The longest river in Asia is the Yangtze, which runs through China for 3,964 miles. Asia's better basin is the Caspian Sea, which is amid in Central Asia. At 143,243 aboveboard miles, the Caspian Sea is the better civil basin in the world. For a abatement map of Asia, amuse appointment Asia from the CIA Apple Factbook publication. For maps and statistics of alone Asian countries, the Asia Profiles armpit is absolutely useful.
Asia contains the world's accomplished and everyman credibility and some arresting concrete appearance and landscapes. Here you will acquisition the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram abundance ranges as able-bodied as acclaimed rivers such as the Yangtze, Tigris-Euphrates, Ganges, Indus and Mekong. Asia additionally appearance the dry Gobi Desert and Arabian Peninsula chastening as able-bodied as frigid Arctic Ocean islands and close Indonesian islands.
The better burghal in Asia is Tokyo, Japan; added arch cities accommodate Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Seoul, Manila and Tehran. Popular biking destinations accommodate Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand. United States travelers generally fly to Asia via United Airlines or Continental. Added choices accommodate Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, Air India, and Korean Air. Two accomplished sources of Asian account and assay are CNN's Asia Account and BBC's focused Asia-Pacific, South Asia, and Middle East sub-sites.
