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Russia, or "the Russian Federation," is a nation of Europe. The "Northern Asia" name is unofficially recognized; for example, the UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names includes an Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division. "Northern Asia" comes from traditional usage, which divides Europe from Asia at the Ural Mountains.
Ganges River - India and Bangladesh; Ghaggar River; Gin River - Sri Lanka; Ga'aton River- Israel; Godavari - India; Hai - China - Yellow Sea; Han River - Korea - Yellow Sea; Hari River, Afghanistan - Afghanistan and Turkmenistan; Helmand River - Afghanistan and Iran; Hatton Oya - Sri Lanka; Hongshui River - China; Huai - China - Yellow Sea ...
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
Topography of Asia. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Asia defined physiographically.States sometimes associated with Asia politically and culturally, but not geographically part of Asia, are not included in this list of physical features (with the exception of Cyprus - marked with a N/A rank entry).
Observing this, Houtu is said to have created and studied the River Map, after which she sent divine messenger birds to Yu to tell him to open up the river to the east instead. Yu's new dredging was a success, the flood waters drained into the eastern sea , and Yu's former dredging project toward the west was named the "River Wrongly Opened". [ 5 ]
Bodies of water in Asia — natural (e.g. lakes, rivers) and constructed (e.g. canals, reservoirs). Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
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The boundary between Asia and Europe is unusual among continental boundaries because of its largely mountain-and-river-based characteristics north and east of the Black Sea. Asia and Europe are considered separate continents for historical reasons; the division between the two goes back to the early Greek geographers.