Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- PLATES
- PART I EUROPE
- PART II ASIA
- The Natural Regions
- Monsoon Asia
- The Rest of Asia
- Human Geography
- PART III AFRICA
- PART IV NORTH AMERICA
- PART V SOUTH AMERICA
- PART VI AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
- Appendix: An Outline of Physical Geography
- Index of Place-Names
- General Index
The Natural Regions
from PART II - ASIA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- PLATES
- PART I EUROPE
- PART II ASIA
- The Natural Regions
- Monsoon Asia
- The Rest of Asia
- Human Geography
- PART III AFRICA
- PART IV NORTH AMERICA
- PART V SOUTH AMERICA
- PART VI AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
- Appendix: An Outline of Physical Geography
- Index of Place-Names
- General Index
Summary
The peculiar conditions of the monsoons and their reaction on human life mark off the area which they influence from the rest of Asia. But certain climatic features which are not characteristic of monsoons cause variations, and ‘Monsoon Asia’ may be subdivided into (1) a Monsoon Equatorial Region, (2) a Tropical Monsoon Region, (3) a Subtropical Monsoon Region, and (4) a Temperate Monsoon Region. The whole area covered by these regions may be denned as those parts of south and eastern Asia which are shown in black in the July rainfall map on page 124. Outside the monsoon regions, there are seven regions whose numbers in the following list will, for convenience of reference to the map on page 132, be given as continuous with those of the monsoon area. They are (5) the Subtropical West Coast, (6) the Toplands, (7) the Subtropical Interior Lowlands, (8) the Mediterranean Lands, (9) the Temperate Interior, (10) the Temperate East Coast, and (11) the Cold North Coast. These will now be dealt with in detail.
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- The World in OutlineA Text-Book of Geography, pp. 132 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013