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2 days ago · Asia - Geologic History: Asia is not only Earth’s largest continent but also its youngest and structurally most-complicated one. Although Asia’s evolution began almost four billion years ago, more than half of the continent remains seismically active, and new continental material is currently being produced in the island arc systems that surround it to the east and southeast.
2 days ago · China is a country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries and has one of the largest populations of any country in the world. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth. Learn more about China, including its history and culture.
2 days ago · Southeast Asia - Mainland, Cultures, Geography: The mainland is characterized by a series of generally north–south-trending mountain ranges separated by a number of major river valleys and their associated deltas. In many ways these ranges resemble ribs in a fan, where the interstices are deep trenches carved by the rivers. Although the mainland as a whole is similar in a structural sense ...
4 days ago · Stay on top of Asia latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
4 days ago · The best books on Asia’s Rivers, recommended by Victor Mallet. Human history has been founded on the banks of great rivers – but in the East they are increasingly the focus of bitter international and environmental dispute, says Victor Mallet, the journalist and author of River of Life, River of Death. Here he selects five brilliant books ...
5 days ago · The largest and most populous continent on the planet. With a total population estimated at over 4 billion, Asia is home to more than half of the people on earth.
4 days ago · Asia - Landforms, Cultures, Religions: The greater part of the Oriental region is tropical. The northwestern part is dry and partly desert, so animal life is chiefly confined to the forms related to those of the dry parts of the Ethiopian and Palearctic regions. Elsewhere, monkeys are common. Apes are found only in tropical rainforests; gibbons inhabit regions of Assam (in northeastern India ...
