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World Geography
Unit #10 East Asia
Feature / China / Japan / Mongolia / North Korea / South Korea / Taiwan
Language
Religions
Government
Natural Resources
Agricultural
Products
Industries
Imports
Exports
Population
Items Traded
Economic System
Natural Hazards
China
Industries: iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement,
chemical fertilizers, consumer durables, food processing, autos, consumer electronics,telecommunications.
Exports: $1.506 trillion
  • commodities:electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment
  • trading partners:US 18.4%, Hong Kong 13.8%, Japan 8.2%, South Korea 4.5%, Germany 4.2%
Agriculture: rice, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, other fibers, oilseed; pork
and other livestock products; fish
GDP composition by sector :
  • agriculture: 9.6%
  • industry: 46.8%
  • services: 43.6%
Natural Resources: Coal, iron ore, petroleum, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium,magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest).
Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
Environment:
  • current issues: air pollution from the overwhelming use of high-sulfur coal as a fuel,produces acid rain which is damaging forests; water shortages experienced throughout thecountry, particularly in urban areas; future growth in water usage threatens to outpacesupplies; water pollution from industrial effluents; much of the population does not haveaccess to potable water; less than 10% of sewage receives treatment; deforestation;estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1957 to soil erosion and economicdevelopment; desertification; trade in endangered species
  • natural hazards: frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and easterncoasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts

Japan
Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of steel and non-ferrous metallurgy, heavy electrical equipment, construction and mining equipment, motor vehicles andparts, electronic and telecommunication equipment, machine tools, automated production systems,locomotives and railroad rolling stock, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods.
Exports: $765.2 billion
  • commodities: manufactures 97% (including machinery 46%, motor vehicles 20%, consumer electronics 10%)
  • trading partners: Southeast Asia 38%, U.S. 27%, Western Europe 17%, China 5%
Agriculture: rice, sugar, beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; world's largestfish catch of 10 million metric tons in 1991
GDP composition by sector :
  • agriculture: 1.1%
  • industry: 23%
  • services: 75.9%
Natural Resources: Negligible mineral resources, fish.
Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous
Environment:
  • current issues: air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification oflakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan's appetitefor fish and tropical timber is contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia andelsewhere
  • natural hazards: many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic[earthquake] occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis

Mongolia
Industries: construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing
Exports: $2.899 billion
  • commodities: copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals, coal
  • trading partners: China 84.8%, Canada 3.6%, Russia 2.7% (2010 est.)
Agriculture: wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses
GDP composition by sector:
  • agriculture: 15%
  • industry: 31%
  • services: 54%
Natural Resources: oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
Climate: desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
Terrain: vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
Environment:
  • current issues:limited natural freshwater resources in some areas; rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment
  • natural hazards: dust storms; grassland and forest fires; drought; "zud," which is harsh winter conditions

Taiwan
Industries: electronics, textiles, chemicals, clothing, food processing, plywood, sugar milling,
cement, shipbuilding, petroleum refining
Exports: $274.6 billion
  • commodities: electrical machinery 19.7%, electronic products 19.6%, textiles 10.9%,footwear 3.3%, foodstuffs 1.0%, plywood and wood products
  • trading partners:Japan 20.7%, China 14.2%, US 10%, South Korea 6.4%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%
Agriculture: rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish catch increasing, reached 1.4 million metric tons in 1988
GDP composition by sector :
  • agriculture: 1.4%
  • industry: 31.1%
  • services: 67.5%
Natural Resources: Small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos.
Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is
persistent and extensive all year
Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
Environment:
  • current issues: water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; air pollution;
contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species
  • natural hazards: earthquakes and typhoons

North Korea
Industries: military products, machine building, electric power, chemicals, mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy, textiles, food processing.
Exports: $1.997 billion
  • commodities: minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments), textiles,agricultural and fishery products,
  • manufactures (including armaments)
  • trading partners:South Korea 47%, China 40%, Hong Kong 2%
Agriculture: rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
GDP composition by sector :
  • agriculture: 20.9%
  • industry: 46.9%
  • services: 32,1%
Natural Resources: Coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar,hydropower.
Climate: temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
Terrain: mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west,
discontinuous in east
Environment:
  • current issues: localized air pollution attributable to inadequate industrial controls; waterpollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
  • natural hazards: late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasionaltyphoons during the early fall

South Korea
Industries: electronics, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel, textiles, clothing, footwear, food processing
Exports: $466.3 billion
  • commodities: electronic and electrical equipment, semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals,machinery, textiles, clothing, footwear, fish
  • trading partners:China 23.9%, US 10.4%, Japan 6%, Hong Kong 5.4%
Agriculture: rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish catch of 2.9 million metric tons, seventh largest in world
GDP composition by sector :
  • agriculture: 3%
  • industry: 39.4%
  • services: 57.6%
Natural Resources:Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower.
Climate: temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
Terrain: mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
Environment:
  • current issues: air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewageand industrial effluents; drift net fishing
  • natural hazards: occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; earthquakes insouthwest