GEOG 1700 Lecture 18: Southeast Asia
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Pakistan (e and w) and india gained independence. Sri lanka: rovering from 26 year civil war. 1) thousands of islands in pacific ocean and extending to the eastern indian ocean. Mainland southeast asia= extension of eurasian continent. Southern end of the malay and part of island of borneo. Mainland= series of cordilleras ( parallel mountain ranges that run in the same direction), plateaus and rivers. Area uplifted 50 mil years ago following indian subcontinent colliding with eurasian plate. Long course: runs through china, forming border between myanmar and laos, through n laos, forms boundary between laos and thailand, widens as it runs through sw laos, end sin vietnam. Lower mekong runs through sedimentary rock: shifting course over time and creatine massive river plain in cambodia, broad delta in vietnam. Mekong= source drinking water, irrigation and fish for 65 mil people. Upper mejong: rice grown for centuries in terraced hillsides. 2nd most biologically diverse river in world (amazon 1st)
