Page 31 - DK Children's Encyclopedia

Asia SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Ancient China
p.16

The biggest continent on Earth is Asia. More than ▸ ▸ Ancient India
60 percent of the world’s population live here. p.19
Asia has many landscapes, from snow-capped ▸ ▸ Buildings p.48

mountains and sun-scorched deserts to ▸ ▸ Mammals p.154
lush rain forests and sandy beaches. ▸ ▸ Maps p.155
▸ ▸ World p.275

Much of northern
Asia has a rocky
landscape, with few
people living in it.
India and China
are both home
to more than Flying squirrel Yakuts
one billion
people. Cross-country
skiing in winter About
Baikal seal Kamchatka hot
springs Asia

Saiga Raccoon Tokyo
Weightlifting antelope dog Skytree Population:
Bactrian Forbidden 4.427 billion
City
camel

Sand cat Highest point:
Yak Mount Everest
Rice
Rice is one of
the main foods
Caracal Giant panda in most Asian
Golden countries.
Lowest point:
Sand dunes Burj Khalifa larch Dead Sea, Israel
Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal Shwedagon
India’s most famous building is Indian Paya Biggest desert:
Arabian Desert
the Taj Mahal. It is made of white elephant
marble and was completed in Orangutan
1648. The Taj Mahal is the burial Longest river:
place of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Yangtze, China
the emperor Shah Jahan. Toraja house
Rafflesia

Pandas
These rare black-and-white bears
live in the mountains of China.
They spend most of their time
eating bamboo. Pandas
are a symbol of peace and
friendship in China.

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