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The word Asia originates from the Hebrew language Asu, which literally means rising sun. It is the largest continent in the world and it covers about 30% of the world’s area. Three major latitudinal circles, Equator, Cancer and Arctic, pass through it.

Asia has the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south and the Pacific Ocean in the east. In the west, the Ural Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea form the boundary between Asia and Europe.

The Red Sea and the Suez Canal separate Asia from Africa.

The Bering Strait separates Asia from North America.

About 60% of the world’s population (the most populous continent) resides here.

In the continent of Asia, the ancient landmasses Angaraland (Russia and China) and Gondwana Land (Peninsular India) are located.

 There are three major peninsulas in the continent of Asia – Arabian Peninsula,

Deccan Peninsula and Indochina Peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.

 The world’s highest mountain peak in Asia is Mount Everest (8,850 m) of the Himalayan range, which is located in Nepal, where it is known as Sagarmatha.

The world’s most extensive plateau is the Tibetan Plateau, which is spread over an area of 2,00,000 square km in Central Asia.

The world’s highest plateau is ‘Pamir’ in Asia, whose height is 4,875 meters. For this reason Pamir is called ‘Roof of the world’.

The world’s most populous country in Asia is China.

In Asia, the largest country in terms of area is China and the smallest country is Maldives.

The world’s country with the highest population density in Asia is Singapore.

 The landlocked countries of Asia (whose borders do not touch the sea) are Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Laos. Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country, while Mongolia is the second largest landlocked country. Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia; it was formerly a colony of the French.

The longest river in Asia is Yangtze and the maximum depth is Dead Sea (397 meters).

The world’s deepest ocean trough is the Mariana Trench (11,022 m deep) in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines Islands in Asia.

The world’s deepest lake, Lake Baikal (1,940 meters deep from the surface and 1,485 meters deep from the sea level) is located in Asia.

The world’s largest lake (inland sea), the Caspian Sea (expanded in an area of 3,71,800 square km) is located in the Asian continent.

Note: The Asian part of Russia is called Siberia. Baikal Lake and Caspian Sea are in Siberia only.

The first person diagnosed with hemophilia was Chris Bombadier (Denver-

America) succeeded in climbing Mount Everest on May 22, 2017. It has also succeeded in climbing the highest peaks of all the continents of the world except Mount Vinson.

The world’s highest altitude salt water lake in Asia, Paigong Lake (4,267 meters high) is located in Ladakh and Tibet.

 The world’s highest rainfall area in the Asian continent is Masinram (11,405 mm) in Meghalaya, India. (Earlier Cherrapunji was the place with the highest rainfall.)

-The world’s highest railway line has been constructed in China. The height of this railway line, starting from China’s Qinghai province and extending to Tibet’s Lhasa, is 5,072 meters.

 Mahaweli Ganga is the longest river of Sri Lanka.

The world’s longest railway platform in Asia is located in Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), India. Its length is 1.3 km. Before this, Kharagpur was the longest platform.

China is the largest fishing country in the world. (2nd place-Japan)

The country with the most newspaper reading in the world is Hong Kong.

 India is the country with the largest number of post offices in the world.

The main rivers of Asia falling into the Pacific Ocean are Huangho, Amur, Sikyang and Yangtze-Si-kyang.

The main rivers of Asia falling into the Arctic Ocean (whose mouth freezes in winter) are – Lena, Obey and Yenisei.

Asian countries with Mediterranean climate – Cyprus, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon. A

The most densely populated island of Asia is Java.

The largest jute and sugarcane producing countries in Asia are Bangladesh and India respectively.

The maximum development of hydropower in Asia has taken place in Japan.

The largest railway route in Asia is the Trans-Siberian Railway. It goes from Leningrad to Bchadivostka. Its height is 9,438 km. Is.

Asia’s longest railway tunnel, Seikan, is in Japan, which is 53.85 km. Is long. Its depth is 240 meters above sea level.

Asia’s largest rubber producing and exporting countries are Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Asian country China ranks first in the world in the production of tobacco, wheat, rice, tea, cotton etc.

The Asian country Japan ranks first in the world in producing raw silk obtained from silkworms reared on mulberry leaves.

World’s largest producer of natural rubber in Asia The country is Thailand.

The largest tin-producing country in Asia is Malaysia. It ranks first in the world in export of tin. Ipoh (Kinta-Kelang Valley) of Malaysia is the main center of tin mining.

The hottest place in Asia is Mohenjodaro (Pakistan) and the coldest place is Berboyansk (Siberia) where the temperature is 53.5°C (on May 26, 2010) and – 69°C respectively. Barkhyansk is also called the Cold Pole of the Earth.

 The canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea is the Suez Canal. >The world’s largest cinchona producing country is Indonesia. Bandung is its largest cinchona producing center. Quinine is made from cinchona which is a medicine for malaria.

The world’s largest ship manufacturing country in Asia is Japan.

The strait connecting the Arctic and Pacific Ocean is the Bering Strait (between Alaska and Kamchatka Peninsula).

Nagasaki city of Japan is located on Kyushu island. Japanese people love tea very much and they celebrate a special tea festival called Cha-Nu-Yu.

Bering Strait is located parallel to the International Date Line.

Pakistan has the largest network of irrigation canals in the world.

Myanmar is famous for its beautiful Buddhist temples.

Laos-Thailand-Myanmar come under the Golden Triangl