GEOG 202 Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture o Economy Dependence on Petroleum OPECo Social Development and Genderso Power Shift?o SW Asia and North African IssuesOutline of Current Lecture - Ch. 10: Central Asiao Physical Settingo Climate o Environmental Issueso Populationo CultureCurrent LectureoCh. 10: Central AsiaoUntil 1991, most of the region was remote part of the USSR or China oToday, 8 countries plus part of NW China oContains Afghanistan oPhysical Setting-Extremely mountainous with Pamir Knot and Himalayas -High plateaus (steppe) and desert These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.oClimate -Arid or highland -Continental -Huge temperature extremes. Why?Continental, lack of water vapor in atmosphere oEnvironmental Issues -Water managementDiversion of rivers for irrigation Soil salinization Desiccation of lakes-Aral Sea Shrinking lake Soviet command economy Set boundaries so Moscow controlled Diverted water to irrigate cotton oPopulation -Compare: Highland vs. Lowland PopulationsTend to live in lowland areas -Subsistence agriculture Alluvial fans oIntensive cultivation Loess Deposits (wind)oFertile Nomadic Pastoralism -Migration Chinese moving west Russians back to Russia Scattering because of War on Terror -Population Indicators Largest country? Afghanistan (also extremely high TFR) oCulture -LanguageUnifying language in western half is Russian AfghanistanoOne of the worlds most ethnically complex countries oWhere are people’s loyalties, identities? -ReligionIslam dominates western part of the religion Tibetan Buddhism dominates the eastern part
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