GY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chao Phraya River, Rodrigo Duterte, Irrawaddy River

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Geography
• Course: GY 105
• Professor: La Fevor

Document Summary

Borneo- part of indonesia, 10% (plant and animal) biodiversity, mini-continent, no volcanoes, lane bridge between asia and australia, transition zone. Primary threat oil palm. (50% of things we see in the grocery stores have palm oil in it) 4 major rivers (population tends to gather around these areas); the mighty mekong (located i(cid:374) chi(cid:374)a"s ti(cid:271)eta(cid:374) plateau, da(cid:373), h(cid:455)droele(cid:272)tri(cid:272)it(cid:455), e(cid:454)its (cid:374)ear viet(cid:374)a(cid:373)) red river of vietnam, Chao phraya river in thailand, irrawaddy river in myanmar with its largest city, yangon sitting on the delta. I(cid:374)do(cid:374)esia"s ja(cid:448)a(cid:374) populatio(cid:374) (cid:272)luster, gro(cid:449)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) part of (cid:373)igratio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) chi(cid:374)a. More than 2/3rd of chinese people live in this realm. Colonial imprint: (figure 10a-6) french, british, and the dutch, netherlands, spanish. Spanish control of philippines, spread catholicism and starved off islamic. Is a leading node- point of connectivity to wider economic network. Supranational organization with goals of realm-wide political stability increased. Afta: the free trade agreement of the asean.