East Asian geography includes many different countries which are Japan, North and South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. When compared to other countries such as Europe or the United States, it has many surprising similarities and many obvious differences. Everything from geographical features to natural features make a huge impact on the development of a country, therefore geography is a very crucial part to a country's well-being.
The geography is similar to Europe and the United States in that they both have cold winters and warm summers; however, they are different in that most of the rainfall occurs during the summer months, as opposed to during the winter. This abundant water supply during the warm growing season allows for intensive agriculture, with two and sometimes three crop cycles per year. They began their development around rivers, which provided everything from a drinking source to transportation. Most of these countries are surrounded by water on all or most sides such as Korea, which is a peninsula and Japan, which is made up of four main islands. Within the countries there are many different geographical characteristics such as mountains, steppe lands, plateaus, and deserts. China just happens to possess all of these features. Development varied among not only the countries themselves but certain areas within the country. For example, the coastline of China with its ports and fertile soil developed much faster than western China with it's deserts and mountains because they didn't have easy access to the water for transportation and farming, making it difficult to find arable land for agriculture. In East Asia there are also many natural features that affect the lives of those who live there often, such as tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, and typhoons. Volcanoes are especially common in Japan and they are very active and considered extremely dangerous. They were caused by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Eurasian plate. The geography of a place is the main reason for why a country develops the way it does and once you understand the geography the history of a place makes perfect sense.
The geography is similar to Europe and the United States in that they both have cold winters and warm summers; however, they are different in that most of the rainfall occurs during the summer months, as opposed to during the winter. This abundant water supply during the warm growing season allows for intensive agriculture, with two and sometimes three crop cycles per year. They began their development around rivers, which provided everything from a drinking source to transportation. Most of these countries are surrounded by water on all or most sides such as Korea, which is a peninsula and Japan, which is made up of four main islands. Within the countries there are many different geographical characteristics such as mountains, steppe lands, plateaus, and deserts. China just happens to possess all of these features. Development varied among not only the countries themselves but certain areas within the country. For example, the coastline of China with its ports and fertile soil developed much faster than western China with it's deserts and mountains because they didn't have easy access to the water for transportation and farming, making it difficult to find arable land for agriculture. In East Asia there are also many natural features that affect the lives of those who live there often, such as tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, and typhoons. Volcanoes are especially common in Japan and they are very active and considered extremely dangerous. They were caused by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Eurasian plate. The geography of a place is the main reason for why a country develops the way it does and once you understand the geography the history of a place makes perfect sense.
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