WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mountains and plateaus dominate Southwest Asia. They were formed over the past 100 million years by collisions between four tectonic plates. This movement has also caused earthquakes. The region’s highest mountains are the Hindu Kush range.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Himalayas, separating South Asia from East Asia along the border of China’s autonomous region of Tibet, are the highest mountains in the world and the dominant physical feature of the northern rim of South Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Asia can be divided into five major physical regions: mountain systems; plateaus; plains, steppes, and deserts; freshwater environments; and saltwater environments. The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2, 500 kilometers (1, 550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Southwest Asia has more than half of the world’s oil reserves, and oil is its greatest export. Some countries in Southwest Asia have little or no oil. These countries have a lower standard of living than do their oil-rich neighbors.

Detailed explanation-5: -What are the major physical features of Southwest Asia? The major physical features are the Arabian Peninsula, which includes the Arabian Desert, the Sinai Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula, Zagros Mountains, Elburz Mountains, and the Hindu Kush Mountains.