Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Mountains of Asia: Himalaya, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Pamir knot, Tien Shan, Kunlun, Altai, Zagros, Elburz, Caucasus, Urals as the boundary with Europe
2. Plateaus: Tibet, Iran, Anatolia, Arabia, Deccan, Yunnan, Mongolia
3. Rivers: Yangtze, Huang He, Mekong, Irrawaddy, Salween, Amur, Ob, Yenisei, Lena, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and the seas they enter
4. Lakes: Baikal (deepest), Caspian (largest), Aral (shrunk by irrigation withdrawals), Balkhash, Tonle Sap, Dead Sea
5. Deserts (Gobi, Taklamakan, Thar, Arabian, Karakum, Kyzylkum) and plains (West Siberian, North China, Indo-Gangetic)
6. Mountain passes and historical connections: north-western approaches and the north-east’s terrain and forest barriers