World geography Asia

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Table of Contents Regions 1 Overview 3 The History of Geography 3 Mapmaking in History 6 Mapmaking and New Technologies 10 China 13 Japan, Korea, and Taiwan 23 Southeast Asia 31 South Asia 37 Mongolia and Asian Russia 43 Transcaucasia and the Central Asian Republics 49 The Middle East 55 Physical Geography 63 Overview 65 Climate and Human Settlement 65 Flood Control 67 Atmospheric Pollution 70 Disease and Climate 72 Physiography 75 Hydrology 85 Climatology 93 Biogeography and Natural Resources 103 Overview 105 Minerals 105 Renewable Resources 108 Nonrenewable Resources 110 Natural Resources 113 Flora 123 Fauna 129 Human Geography 137 Overview 139 The Human Environment 139 Population Growth and Distribution 142 Global Urbanization 144 People 149 Population Distribution 155 Culture Regions 163 Exploration 171 Urbanization 177 Political Geography 185 Economic Geography 195 Overview 197 Traditional Agriculture 197 Commercial Agriculture 199 Modern Agricultural Problems 201 World Food Supplies 204 Agriculture Industries Engineering Projects Trade Transportation Communications Gazetteer Appendix Bibliography