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4 days ago · Asia - Lakes, Rivers, Geography: The many lakes of Asia vary considerably in size and origin. The largest of them—the Caspian and Aral seas—are the remains of larger seas. The Caspian has been fluctuating in size, and the Aral has been shrinking, primarily because its tributaries, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, have been tapped heavily for irrigation purposes.
Apr 10, 2024 · Perspectives: ISKP posing rising threat to Central Asia. Outreach campaign shifts into top gear. Lucas Webber Jun 25, 2024. Memoir: A tale of two first presidents: Islam Karimov and Nursultan Nazarbayev. It was the most challenging of times, it was the most fascinating of times.
4 days ago · ASIA. War In Ukraine Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East. Science. 51,000-year-old cave painting may be earliest scene depicted through art. The artwork, an example of early storytelling ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Southwest Asia, subregion of Asia, bounded on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Red Sea and on the south and southeast by the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. The region reaches the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea to the north. Southwest Asia is often, but not always, coterminous with the Middle East; the latter is ...
4 days ago · Geography - note. note 1: strategic location in northeast Asia; composed of four main islands (the "Home Islands") - from north: Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest, most populous, and site of Tokyo, the capital), Shikoku, and Kyushu note 2: a 2023 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan survey technically detected 100,000 islands and islets, but only the 14,125 islands with a circumference of at ...
2 days ago · Asia - West Asia, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula: In West Asia naturally wild vegetation no longer occurs in clearly defined zones but is dispersed in small areas. The region is predominantly arid; desertlike depressions such as the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, and the Rubʿ al-Khali (Empty Quarter) of the Arabian Peninsula contrast with the ...
2 days ago · Asia - Climate, Monsoons, Rainfall: The enormous expanse of Asia and its abundance of mountain barriers and inland depressions have resulted in great differences between regions in solar radiation, atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and climate as a whole. A continental climate, associated with large landmasses and characterized by an extreme annual range of temperature, prevails over a ...
