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Kamchatka Peninsula: A peninsula in eastern Siberia, O
between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk
Ob River: A major river of western Siberia; fl ows
Kanchenjunga: The third highest mountain in the,
generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob
with an elevation of 8,586 metres and the Kara Sea
Karakoram Range: A large mountain range spanning
the borders of Pakistan, India and China, with the P
north-west extremity of the range extending to Pamir Knot: The nodal geological uplift, from which
Afghanistan and Tajikistan several south-central Asian mountain ranges radiate,
Kunlun Goddess: A mountain in the Kunlun Mountain including the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram Range, the
Kunlun Mountains and the Tien Shan
Range in China, located on the border of the Tibet
and Xinjiang provinces of China Persian Gulf: A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea
between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
Kunlun Range: A mountain range in western China
that extends eastward from the Indian border for Pulse: Throb rhythmically
1000 miles R
Kuril Islands: A chain of small islands off the north-
Residue: A substance that remains after a process
eastern coast of Asia, extending from northern Japan
such as combustion or evaporation
to the southern tip of Kamchatka
Runoff : The water or other material that drains freely
L off the surface of something

Lake Baikal: Lake located in the southern part of S
eastern Siberia in Russia and is also the world’s largest Salween River: A river in south-western Asia, rising
freshwater lake by volume, containing about one- in the Tibetan Plateau and fl owing east and south
fi fth of the world’s freshwater through south-western China and Myanmar to the
Lena River: A river in Siberia, fl owing into the Arctic Gulf of Martaban
Ocean, with a length of 4,472 kilometres, and is the Serene: Calm, peaceful, and untroubled
10th longest river in the world Shan Plateau: Crystalline massif forming the eastern
M part of Myanmar and forming part of the Indo-
Malayan mountain system
Malay Archipelago: An island group of Asia between Siberian Plain: A large plain that occupies the western
Australia and the Asian mainland and separating the portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the
Indian and Pacifi c Oceans west and the Yenisei River in the east
Mongolian Plateau: The part of the Central Asian Skiing: The action of travelling over snow on skis,
Plateau having an area of approximately 3,200,000 especially as a sport or recreation
square kilometres Snow leopard: A rare large cat which has pale grey fur

Mount Dena: Highest peak in the Zagros Mountains patterned with dark blotches and rings, living in the
at 4,409 metres Altai mountains, Hindu Kush, and Himalayas

Mount Everest: A mountain in the central Himalayas Soviet Union: A former communist country in
on the border of Tibet and Nepal which is the highest eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in
mountain peak in the world 1922, which included Russia and 14 other Soviet
Socialist Republics, which was offi cially dissolved 31
Mount Tirich Mir: The highest mountain of the Hindu
December 1991
Kush range, located in Pakistan
Suez Canal: A sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting
N the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the
Isthmus of Suez
Nestled: Settle or lie comfortably within or against
something Sweltering: Uncomfortably hot

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