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4 days ago · Asia - Climate, Regions, Geography: The distribution pattern of precipitation throughout the year is varied. Relatively uniform moisture is characteristic of the Asian equatorial zone. Maximum summer precipitation and minimum winter precipitation are the rule in the subequatorial zones and in other regions with monsoon climates, as well as in those areas where there is summer movement of the ...
5 days ago · Asia - Settlement Patterns, Geography, Cultures: Agriculture remains the mainstay of Asia, though the proportion of the population engaged in agriculture is steadily declining. Although marginal lands in many parts of South and East Asia have been brought under cultivation, and many former pastoral ranges in Southwest and Central Asia are now irrigated, the broad ecological factors touched ...
1 day 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. Lakes Baikal, Ysyk-Köl ...
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 ...
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4 days ago · Asia - Farming, Crops, Irrigation: By far the greater part of Asia remains uncultivated, primarily because climatic and soil conditions are unfavourable. Conversely, in the best growing areas an extraordinarily intensive agriculture is practiced, made possible by irrigating the alluvial soils of the great river deltas and valleys. Of the principal crops cultivated, rice, sugarcane, and, in ...
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