Asia

Map for The Continent of Asia

About Continent of Asia

 

The largest land area of 44,579,000 square kilometers Asia of 4.4 billion people, 60% of the total population of the world living and average density of population is 87 per square kilometer surrounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and the Caucasus Mountains or the Kuma-Manych Depression, the Caspian and Black Seas and on the north by the Arctic Ocean and on the west by the Suez Canal, the Ural River, the Ural Mountains. It has varieties of human characteristics, ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, historical ties and government systems of 48 UN member countries with 6 other and some are dependent territories and other territories.

UN member countries:  Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea,  Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste/East Timor, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam / Viet Nam, Yemen.

Other countries: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Palestine, South Ossetia, Taiwan.

Dependent territories and other territories: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hong Kong, Macau / Macao.

Asia has extremely diverse climates and geographic features because of the Himalayan climates range from arctic and subarctic in Siberia to tropical in southern India and Southeast Asia where we find the daily temperature ranges on earth. Due to the presence of the Himalayas forcing the formation of a thermal low draws in moisture during the summer whereas southwestern Asia is hot. Global risk analysis identification of 16 countries as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka of Asia are extremely vulnerable on 42 socio, economic and environmental indication that would impact during the next 30 years because of the climate change. To raise our voice for a revolution against climate change is a burning necessity to pro-poor approaches and techniques to enable Asia's agricultural systems for local planning and strengthening weather-based agro-advisory services to enhance forest cover, replenish groundwater and use renewable energy.

Civil war and other conflicts to the around 50% countries of Asia are the problems for progression though China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan are the emerging tigers of the economic Asia.