Significant Places and Features for Global Tectonics: Asia
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Afghanistan
west of Pakistan
Altyn Tagh
faulted northern margin to Tibetan Plateau
Amur River
China-Russia border, draining to Sea of Okhotsk
Andaman Islands
island arc between Myanmar and Sumatra
Andaman Sea
oblique back-arc sea west of Thailand
Assam
part of India north and east of Bangladesh
Banda Arc
eastern end of Indonesian Archipelago
(but west of New Guinea)
Bay of Bengal
Ocean area east of India
Bangladesh
at head of Bay of Bengal
Bo Hai (Yellow Sea)
northern arm of East China
Sea, between China and Korea; shallow, sediment laden
Borneo
largest island of Indonesia
Cambodia
central Indochina
Dabie Shan
mountain range in eastern China
between Yangze and Huang He
Dongbei
Literally "Northeast", area in NE China,
once referred to as Manchuria
East China Sea
As the name suggests, east of
China
Fuji
Volcano in central Honshu, Japan
Ganges River
draining Himalaya to Bay of Bengal across northern India
Gulf of Thailand
south of Thailand
Himalaya
main range on southern edge of Tibetan Plateau
Hokkaido
northern main island of Japan
Honshu
main island of Japan
Huang He
northern China
India
piece of Gondwana colliding with Asia
Indus River
drains Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau to the west through Pakistan
Irrawaddy River
drains eastern Himalaya into Myanmar
Izu-Bonin Islands
chain of islands stretching south from Honshu into
Pacific Ocean
Java
second island (from the west) along Indonesian Archipelago
Karakoram
trans-Himalayan range
Kashmir
disputed northernmost area of India and
Pakistan, Hindu Kush Range
Korea
Peninsula between Bohai and Sea of Japan
Krakatoa
Volcano between Sumatra and Java
Kun Lun
northern edge of Himalayan Plateau
Kyushu
southernmost main island of Japan
Lake Baikal
southern Siberia
Laos
north-central Indochina
Loess Plateau
east of Gobi Desert, in the area of
the "big bend" of the Huang He
Malaysia
southern tip of SE Asia (also includes
two states on Borneo)
Maldive-Laccadive Ridge
hotspot track extending
north-south in Arabian Sea, west of India
Mayon
Volcano in southern Luzon (northern island
of the Philippines)
Mekong River
drains eastern Tibetan Plateau across Indochina to South China Sea
Mentawai Islands
island fringe southwest of
Sumatra
Mid-Philippine Sea Ridge
Ridge extending
north-south 1000 km east of the Philippines
Mongolia
north of China
Myanmar
between India and Indochina
Pakistan
west of India
Philippines
archipelago northeast of
Indonesia
Qaidam Basin
Northwest China, behind Altyn
Tagh Range
Qangtang (Tibetan) Plateau
Qangtang Plateau is centreal part of Tibetan Plateau
Red River
straight river in Red River fault zone, from southern China to northern Vietnam
Ryukyu Islands
island chain between Japan and
Taiwan
Sakhalin
island off Russia, north of Japan
Salween River
flows from SE Qangtang Plateau
along Myanmar-Thailand border into Andaman Sea
Shikoku
smallest main island of Japan, southeast
of Honshu
Sichuan Basin
south-central China, bisected by
the Yangze
South China Sea
east of Indochina
Sri Lanka
island south of India
Sulawesi
island east of Borneo with four arms
Sumatra
westernmost island of Indonesia
Taiwan
large island east of mainland China, north
of Philippines
Tambora
Volcano on Sumbaya (three islands east
of Java)
Tarim Basin
low desert area north of Tibetan Plateau
Thailand
west-central Indochina
Tien Shan
mountain range on China-Kirghizia border
Toba
Volcano crater on northern Sumatra
Vietnam
eastern Indochina
Yangze
river draining central China
Zangbo
river draining southern Tibet, behind the Himalaya and across Assam to Ganges
90 East Ridge
north-south aseismic ridge in
Indian Ocean, extending into eastern Bay of Bengal
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