懂你英语 Level4 Unit3 Part2 Vocabulary - Countries and Continents

China is the second-largest country in the world by land area.

A major issue for China is the continuing expansion of its deserts, which have led to dust storm each spring.

South Asia is referred to as the Indian subcontinent.

It's called a subcontinent because it is separated from the rest of Asia by mountains and seas.

It is one of the world's poorest regions with about 75% of the poor living in rural areas.

Europe is the western neighbor of Asia.

It is separated from Asia by the Ural mountains which extend for 1500 miles and a north-south direction from the Arctic Ocean.

The Philippines is the only country in Asia with a majority of Christians.

The Philippines is an island nation with over 7000 islands.

It's located in the South China sea.

The country's capital city is Manila.

Asia is the world's largest continent, covering about 30% of the Earth's land area.

Several island nations are also a part of Asia, including Japan.

The world's tallest mountains are in Asia, including Mt Everest.

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(The traditional boundary line between them is the Ural mountain range.)

(Forty percent of the world's poor live here.)