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The geography of urban transportation. New York: Guilford Press, 1995. ISBN 1-57230-017-5; Rediscovering Geography: New relevance for the new century (with T. Wilbanks and 14 others). Washington DC: National Research Council, 1996. 233 pp. A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development (with P. W. Porter). New York: Guilford Press, 1998 ...
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.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population .
Siberia and the Russian Far East in the Asia-Pacific region of Russia – an area east of the Ural Mountains. Southeast Asia Brunei , Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , The Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , Timor-Leste , Vietnam .
UN geoscheme subregions of Asia. The United Nations geoscheme for Asia is an internal tool created and used by the United Nations, maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics. [1] The scheme's subregions are presented here in alphabetical order.
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.
For convenience, all Geography of Asia by country categories should be included in this category. This includes all the geography categories that can also be found in the subcategories. This includes all the geography categories that can also be found in the subcategories.
Asia geography-related lists (43 C, 3 P) A. Administrative divisions in Asia (57 C, 133 P) C. Countries in Asia (69 C, 48 P) D. Dependent territories in Asia (15 C, 4 P)