Centrally located between South Asia, and the Pacific Ocean North of Oceania Asia and south of China

& Japan

MAINLAND REGION VIETNAM (PREVIOUSLY NORTH &SOUTH VIETNAM) CAMBODIA (PREVIOUSLY FRENCHINDOCHINA) LAOS (PREVIOUSLY FRENCH INDOCHINA) THAILAND MYANMAR (PREVIOUSLY BURMA)

Physical Characteristics

Mountains influence the region

Population settlement patterns Ability of people to move Climate

Ten Geographic Qualities

Physical Geography Cultural Geography Regions & States

Ten Geographic Qualities

1. Land is fragmented into numerous peninsula & islands 2. Cultural Fragmentation (linguistic & religious geographies) 3. Powerful Foreign Influences 4. Political instability & conflict 5. Population strongly clustered even in rural areas

6. Poor Intraregional communications

7. Agricultural mainstay of the economics 8. No dominant state although SE countries have exerted powerful influence

9. Emergence of Newly Industrialized Countries 10. Former Colonial Domination of this region

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia

Plate Tectonics Plateaus Deserts Mountains Rivers Lakes Climates

Physical Geography of Southeast Asia Climate

Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates Malaysia &

Indonesia
Tropical Savanna Climate dominates the northern

portion of SE Asia including Thailand, Cambodia & the southern part of Vietnam

 Varied

climate regionsranging from tropical wet to humid continental

natural hazards-monsoons, typhoons, volcanoes, and earthquakes

Many

 Monsoon--a

seasonal shift in the prevailing winds that influences large climate regions destructive tropical storm occurring in the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea, similar to a hurricane

Typhoon--a

Influence of water
(rivers, seas, and ocean currents) on agriculture, trade, and transportation

Cultural Geography

Cultural Characteristics
Population

Languages
Religion Agriculture Economics Historical

Geography

Population Characteristics
1/2 billion

concentrations on coasts & rivers

large concentration on the island of Java

Population 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%

Language
Sino-Tibetan Languages of

Thai, Burmese and Vietnamese dominate in the north

Malayo Polynesian Language

Family dominates in the southern portion of SE Asia

Religion
Buddhism dominates northern SE Asia Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia Islam dominates Malaysia & Indonesia Christianity in the Philippines

Religious landscapes

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

Economic Contrasts
Extreme poverty in Laos, Myranmar &

Cambodia Relative prosperity in Thailand and Malaysia Wealthy Singapore & Brunei

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References

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