This document provides information on the geography, vegetation, and natural resources of different regions in Asia. It divides Asia into North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. For each region it lists the countries and capitals, describes the common vegetation types such as forests, grasslands, and deserts. It also outlines some of the key natural resources found in each region, including minerals, oil, natural gas, agriculture and fishing.

3. Concept Map
North
Asia
East
Asia
West
Asia
Southeast
Asia
South
Asia
Natural Resources Vegetation
Pollution
Deforestation

4. NORTH ASIA
COUNTRY CAPITAL
Armenia Yerevan
Azerbaijan Baku
Georgia Tbilisi
Kazakhstan Astana
Kyrgyztan Republic Bishkek
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Uzbekistan Tashkent

5. East Asia
COUNTRY CAPITAL
China Beijing
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
South Korea Seoul
Japan Tokyo
North Korea Pyongyang

6. Southeast Asia
COUNTRY CAPITAL
Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Indonesia Jakarta
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Vientiane
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar Naypyidaw
Philippines Manila
Singapore Singapore
Thailand Bangkok
Timor-Leste Dili
Vietnam Hanoi

7. South Asia
COUNTRY CAPITAL
Bangladesh Dhaka
Bhutan Thimphu
India New Delhi
Maldives Male
Nepal Kathmandu
Pakistan Islamabad
Sri Lanka Colombo

8. West Asia
COUNTRY CAPITAL
Afghanistan Kabul
Bahrain Manama
Cyprus Nicosia
Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Israel Jerusalem
Jordan Amman
Kuwait Kuwait

9. West Asia
COUNTRY CAPITAL
Lebanon Beirut
Oman Muscat
Qatar Doha
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Syrian Arab Republic Damascus
Turkey Ankara
UAE Abu Dhabi
Republic of Yemen Sanaa

10. Importance of Asia’s Geographical
Division
•The division of Asia into five geographical
regions is useful in significant in the study of
the continent’s physical feature.

11. Asia’s Vegetation
•Climate significantly affects the kind of
vegetation that can be found in an area or
region. Each type of climate corresponds to
certain vegetation or particular kinds of
plants that are endemic to the area.

12. Vegetation cover in Asia
Mixed Forest Tropical
Rainforest
Deciduous
Forest
Tropical Savanna Tundra
A forest that is
in a state of
transition
between being
deciduous and
coniferous;
mostly seen in
the northern
hemisphere.
Lush forests
found in
countries near
the equator;
usually
consists of
huge trees and
thick foliage.
Can be found
in the middle
latitude region
or temperate
zone; trees like
oak, beech,
chestnut,
maple, and
basswood are
found here.
Has tall
grasses and a
few trees.
Covered in
snow for
almost all year
round with a
few bushes
and sparse
grass; mosses
and lichens
are found in
the northern
polar area.

13. Vegetation cover in Asia
Coniferous
Forest
Steppe Temperate
Grassland
Taiga
Found in regions
with long winters
and moderate to
high annual
precipitation;
examples of trees
are pine, spruce,
fir and larch
An extensive
grassland that
stretches up to
8,000km; from
Hungary to
Mongolia
Similar to the
tropical savanna,
but colder and
with less
precipitation.
Coniferous forest
that is
characteristic of
the vegetation in
the subpolar
region of northern
Eurasia.

14. Asia’s Natural Resources
•Land
•Water
•Mineral
•Vegetation

15. North Asia
Tungsten Yurt Desert

16. VEGETATION NATURAL RESOURCES
There are different types of vegetation in the
region:
- Tundra in the far north of the region;
- Taiga on the south of the tundra where the
coniferous forest belt can be found. Timber
is the primary resource here; and
- Steppe, from southwest Russia to the
central part of Asia.
South of the steppe are deserts and semi-
deserts, a product of the hot and dry climate
in the area. One example is the Karakum.
-Rich in coal, copper and silver.
- Produces gold, lead, tin, tungsten and zinc.
- Almost all countries have natural gas and
oil.
- Primary producers of wheat, rye, oats and
barley.
- Animals include bears, foxes, reindeer,
wolves, wildcats and boars.
- Baku, Azerbaijan is the main source of oil
in the region.
- There are fir and pine trees.

17. East Asia
Coal Grassland Forest

18. VEGETATION NATURAL RESOURCES
- Deciduous-coniferous forest can be
found in Southeast and East China,
North Korea, South Korea and a large
part of Japan.
- There are temperate grasslands in
parts of Mongolia and North China.
- Vegetation varies in the highlands of
West China.
- The thick forests of the region
continue to be depleted because of
deforestation.
-There is a large coal reserve.
- China is the largest producer of coal.
- The region has rich coal, copper,
goal and iron ore deposits.
- Agriculture is sustained by rivers.
- Fishing is an important source of
livelihood for those living along the
shores of the eastern part of the
region. China is one of the major
fish exporters of the world.

19. Southeast Asia
Forest Orangutan

20. VEGETATION NATURAL RESOURCES
- Vegetation is varied and abundant.
Almost all the countries in the region
have tropical rainforests, except for a
few places in Myanmar where there
are mixed deciduous-coniferous
forests.
- The region is rich in different kind of
plants. In Indonesia, there are 40,000
species of flowering plants, including
5,000 orchid species.
- Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and
Indonesia have oil reserves.
- Indonesia has deposits and irons;
the Philippines have copper
deposits; Thailand, Myanmar and
Laos have tin.
- Malaysia has one of the world’s
most abundant in deposits.
- Sapphires, rubies, and pearls can
also be extracted in the region.

21. South Asia
Forest Graphite Atoll

22. VEGETATION NATURAL RESOURCES
- There are different kinds of
vegetation in the region:
[1] Tropical Forest with coconut trees
and teak in India;
[2] Mixed tropical forest with bamboo
plants and mango trees in Bangladesh.
[3] Deciduous forest in Deccan and in
the northern plains; and
[4] Desert scrub or a mix of small trees
and grasses at the northwestern
section of the peninsula in India.
- Different minerals can be found in
different parts of the region. These
includes manganese, chromite,
coal, gypsum, and iron ore.
Graphite and gemstones are the
primary minerals in Sri Lanka.
- The Indo-Gangetic plain is suitable
for agriculture – wheat, rice, and
sugarcane are the main products
here.

23. West Asia
Grassland Forest Desert

24. VEGETATION NATURAL RESOURCES
- Desert scrubs and desert waste
make up a large part of the Arabian
Peninsula, Iraq, Syria and Central
Iran. There is hardly any vegetation
apart from the areas surrounding
the oasis.
- There are temperate grassland in
the middle and eastern parts of
Turkey, parts of Iran and
Afghanistan.
- There are forested areas in Turkey
usually found in high elevation and
with abundant rainfall.
- Petroleum and natural gas are the
most important natural resources
of the region.
- Saudi Arabia has the most
abundant reserves in the world. It
reserves account for nearly 20% of
the world’s total oil reserves. Saudi
Arabia supplies oil to the US,
Europe, and Asia.
- The region is rich in other minerals
such as iron ore, copper,
manganese, lead and zinc.