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Usa Vs East Asia Essay

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East Asia and The U.S have numerous physical geography differences but they have similarities. To start off with, East Asia and the U.S both has numberless deserts found in both regions. The U.S has The great basin desert, it's three quarters of nevada and also covers part of Utah and part of Idaho and Oregon. Also, there's the Chihuahuan desert which is part of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas. Next, U.S has the Sonoran desert, which is 100,000 square miles from Arizona to California. East asia has many desert just like the U.S for instance one of the biggest desert in the world is found in east Asia, Gobi. It stretches all the way from 500,000 square miles. Next similarity is both areas major mountain ranges. The Appalachian highlands are on on the west of the coastal plain. This is known to be one out of two major mountain ranges in the U.S. These mountains are very old, around 400 million years old! Likewise, the four major mountain ranges in East Asia …show more content…

The difference is east asia has the high mountains that they use to separate countries. The us is separated by a border and they don't have mountains to separate. Second difference, East Asia landscape is known to be the toughest in the world, they have very few flat surfaces. They have many high mountains. While, the U.S does have mountains but, is flat for example, Florida is a very flat state with few mountains. Many states have hills but very few have rough land. The next difference is the United States is surrounded by the ocean. However, the Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean, and the gulf of Mexico. While East Asia is surrounded by the Pacific, they also are surrounded by the Indian ocean. The U.S is not surrounded by the Indian ocean nor is surrounded by seas. East Asia is also surrounded by East China sea, South China sea, Sea of

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