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Southeast Asia
Ten Geographic Qualities
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States
Ten Geographic Qualities
1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsulas & islands
2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies)
Ten Geographic Qualities 3. Powerful Foreign
Influences
4. Political instability & conflict
5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas
Ten Geographic Qualities 6. Poor Intraregional communications 7. Agricultural mainstay of the econonmies 8. No dominant state although China & India have
exerted powerful influence
Ten Geographic Qualities 9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized
Countries of Singapore 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region
Relative Location of Southeast Asia
Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean
North of Oceania Asia and south of China & Japan
Southeast Asia
Ten Geographic Qualities
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States
Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates
Physical Geography Plate Tectonics
– Subduction of the Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have created the Philippine & Indonesian archipelago
Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
Rivers – Mekong River
– Irriwaddy
Landforms – Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands
– Himalayan foothills extend into Myanmar & Thailand
Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
Climates– Tropical Rainforest Climate
dominates Malaysia & Indonesia
– Tropical Savanna Climate dominates the northern portion of SE Asia including Thailand, Cambodia & the southern part of Vietnam
Southeast Asia Ten Geographic Qualities Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
– Population– Languages– Religion– Agriculture– Economics– Historical
Geography
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
Population– 1/2 billion– concentrations on
coasts & rivers – large concentration
on the island of Java
Southeast Asia Population Characteristics
– Birth rates 24/1000– Death rates 8/1000– Natural Increase 1.6. %– Infant Mortality 55/1000– Doubling Time 42yrs– Pop <15 35%– Pop > 65 4%
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion
– Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia
Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia
– Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia
– Christianity in the Philippines
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia Religion
– Religious landscapes
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
Agriculture– subsistence farming
intensive rice farming
Aqua farming in Thailand
Thrashing the grains from the shafts in Northern Thailand
Economy– primary industries
dominate– resource rich
oil in Indonesia & Brunei
– manufacturing & labor source for the developed world
–
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
Economic Contrasts– Extreme poverty in
Laos, Myranmar & Cambodia
– Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia
– Wealthy Singapore & Brunei
Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
Historical Geography
Colonial Colonization & Trade– Important in transPacific shipping– Spain - Philippines 1571-1898– Dutch - Indonesia 17th century to 1949
spice Islands
– British - Burma (Myanmar( & Malysia)– France - Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Historical Geography
Southeast Asia
Ten Geographic Qualities
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States
Political Geography
Elongated Vietnam Prorupt Burma &
Thailand Fragmented Indonesia &
Philippines Divided Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Ten Geographic Qualities
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States