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Countries of Asia - Names & Capitals | Countries of the World

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The hydrography of Asia is extremely rich, with many seas, lakes and rivers of different size and location, and with distinctive features.

Hydrography is the Branch of geography Which is responsible for studying all bodies of water existing on the planet Earth. Its main focus is on the water resources located within the continents, although it can also study the oceans.

Asia is the largest and most populous continent on planet Earth. It has approximately 44 million square kilometers and its population amounts to 4.393 million inhabitants.

He Asian continent Is divided into six subregions, very different from each other. A large part of them respond to an Arab and Persian culture, as well as to their Muslim heritage.

The other large portion covers the eastern side and cultures of this type, such as Korean, Japanese and Chinese. All this accompanied by Russia and the India .

Being such a varied territory, Asia is a continent with very outstanding bodies of water. Surrounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the continent has important rivers of important magnitude as the Yenisei, or the Ganges. In the lacustrine part is the largest in the world: the Caspian Sea.

Hydrography: Asian seas, lakes and rivers

Rivers

Yangtse

Is the River The longest in the Asian continent, being also the third longest in the world, only surpassed by the Amazon and the Nile.

Its length exceeds 6300 kilometers. The river makes its way across the territory of the People's Republic of China, crossing from west to east.

The Yangtse crosses eight provinces, because it is born in Tibet and flows into the East China Sea, in the Pacific Ocean.

Ganges

It is the distinctive river of the Republic of India, and has a prominent importance in the historical and religious part.

Its length is 2510 kilometers and passes through the east of India, entering its route to Bangladesh.

It is born in the Indian state of Uttarakhand in the western part of the Himalayan Range and flows along the Brahmaputra River into the Ganges Delta, the largest in the world.

Indo

With a length of 3810 kilometers, the Indus River is the most important in Pakistan, passing through the People's Republic of China and India.

It was born in China, specifically in the Autonomous Region of Tibet. Then it enters the northern part of India in Kashmir and passes to Pakistan, a country that crosses in a southerly direction until it flows into the Arabian Sea.

Euphrates

It is one of the two great rivers of Western Asia, along with the Tigris. It has an area of ​​2780 kilometers along and historically delimited the region of Mesopotamia.

At present, it crosses Turkey, the country in which it is born, passing through the Syrian Arab Republic until arriving at Iraq. At the end of its route, it joins the Tigris forming the Shatt al-Arab that flows into the Persian Gulf.

Obi

If you consider the Obi-Irtish system, its length reaches 5410 kilometers, which would make it the seventh largest river in the world.

Although completely in Russia, its basin is also situated in Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. It is located in the Siberian region, being born in the krai of Altái, and ending at the gulf of the same name, of the Arctic Ocean.

Tigris

It is the other great river of Western Asia. It joins in the final part of its route to the Euphrates, to end up in the Persian Gulf, in the small coastal portion that has Iraq.

This river is 1900 kilometers away and has a very similar route to the Tigris, practically parallel. It also crosses the same countries, which are Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

Seas and Oceans

Artic ocean

Located at the top of the globe, it surrounds the north pole and has an area of ​​14.056.000 square kilometers.

It is also called the Arctic Ocean, and much of its surface is frozen all year round.

On the Asian side, the country that controls the whole of this ocean is the Federal Republic of Russia. Through this ocean you can connect with Europe and America.

Pacific Ocean

It is the largest ocean in the world, and occupies 155,557,000 square kilometers of the surface of planet Earth.

All of its western part covers the coasts of Asia, in countries like Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Republic of China, Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, among others. It joins with the American continent at its other end.

Indian Ocean

Located at the bottom of the Indian subcontinent, the Indian Ocean is the third most ocean in the world, with an area of ​​68,556,000 square kilometers.

On the Asian side, it bathes the coasts of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Maldives, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Lagos

Caspian Sea

Covering an area of ​​371,000 square kilometers, the Caspian Sea stands as the largest lake in the world. It is an endorheic lake of brackish water and one of its main feeding rivers is the Volga.

Its shores cover Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. This sea is important energetically, because it has important reserves of natural gas and oil.

Lake Baikal

Located in Russia, Lake Baikal is of tectonic origin and has an area of ​​31 722 square kilometers.

It is the largest freshwater lake in the world, as well as the deepest lake in all of Asia. It contains about 20% of the freshwater surface of planet Earth. It is a World Heritage Site declared by Unesco.

Lake Balkhash

It is an endorheic type lake located entirely in Kazakhstan. It has an area of ​​16 996 square kilometers.

The lake feeds on at least seven rivers and is divided into two parts, marked by the Saryesik peninsula. To the west of it, the waters are sweet and shallow while to the east they are salty and deep.

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Hydrography of Asia: Seas, Lakes and Rivers

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The hydrography of Asia is extremely rich, with many seas, lakes and rivers of different size and location, and with distinctive features. Hydrography is the Branch of geography Which is responsible for studying all bodies of water existing on the planet Earth.

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they use diferents  currency deppending the place of asia-
currency of asia:

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asia is the most populated continnent whit

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the eviroment in asia have
beautifull landscapes like this and more