ENVSOCTY 2RW3- Lecture 21/22- Southest asia

countries and terrorties of southeast asia

11 countries and terriotires

population

633 million

urbanization

42%

papua new guinea

-western (two indoensian provinces)

-Eastern (independent papua new guinea)

climate regions

1)tropical

2)humid subtropical

tropial 1A

wet all year

Tropical 1b

wet and dry seasons

Intertropical convergenze zone:

place near the equator with lots of rain and storms by winds meeting

issues in southeast asia

clyclones/typhoons

whats a cyclone

giant spinning storm with strong winds

Banda-aceh (indonesia)/indian ocean

earthquake resulting in tsunami and among the deadliest natural disaster

borneo

3rd largest island, high level of biodiversity

wallace line

A boundary that separates Southeast Asian animals into two groups because of a deep ocean trench.

WestL asian

east:australian

khumer empire

influnced by indian culture

-citity and religion centre

Muslims sulantes

Muslim-ruled kingdoms in Southeast Asia led by a sultan.

ecconomy

resource extraction

Cambodia and the khmer rouge

:genocidal ethnic-cleasnign program