GEOG 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Northeastern United States, Ecumene, Demographic Transition
Document Summary
Two-thirds of the world"s inhabitants are clustered in four low-lying regions with fertile soil and temperate climate: Eastern china - clustered near the pacific coast and the huang and yangtze. Rivers; most populous country in the world - people"s republic of china the islands of japan - clustered in the metropolitan/urban areas of tokyo, have a high percentage of people. Korean peninsula - seoul, south korea the island of taiwan. India - the world"s second most populous country; concentrated along the. Pakistan - largest concentration lives along the plains of the indus and ganges rivers. Java - largest concentration - indonesia - world"s fourth most populous country. Papua new guinea the philippines - clustered along river valleys and deltas at the southeastern tip of the asian mainland - indochina. Russia - largest country in land area including its asian portion three-fourths live in cities coalfields of england, germany, and belgium - have the highest population concentrations.
