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East Asia Physical Geography Map

Rivers, seas, plateaus, deserts and mountain ranges of East Asia, labeled first, then asked one round at a time.

East Asia Physical Geography Map

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Write the name of each numbered feature.Answer key

  1. Pacific Ocean
  2. Sea of Japan
  3. Yellow Sea
  4. East China Sea
  5. South China Sea
  6. Yangtze River
  7. Yellow River
  8. Amur River
  9. Tibetan Plateau
  10. Korean Peninsula
  11. Honshu
  12. Mongolian Plateau
  13. North China Plain
  14. Manchurian Plain
  15. Gobi Desert
  16. Taklamakan Desert
  17. Tian Shan
  18. Altai Mountains
  19. Kunlun Mountains

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each feature is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a feature is answered.

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Rivers and seas 8

  1. Pacific Ocean Earth's largest and deepest ocean.
  2. Sea of Japan Between Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia; almost no tides.
  3. Yellow Sea Between the Korean Peninsula and mainland China.
  4. East China Sea A marginal sea of the Pacific, directly off East China.
  5. South China Sea A marginal sea in the western Pacific, south of China.
  6. Yangtze River China's longest river and third-longest in the world.
  7. Yellow River China's second-longest river.
  8. Amur River It forms the border of the Russian Far East with Northeast China.

Plateaus, plains, Korea and Honshu 6

  1. Tibetan Plateau A vast high plateau north of the Himalayas.
  2. Korean Peninsula A peninsula between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
  3. Honshu The biggest of Japan's four main islands.
  4. Mongolian Plateau An inland plateau that includes the Gobi Desert.
  5. North China Plain China's largest alluvial plain, built by the Yellow River.
  6. Manchurian Plain A lowland plain that forms the main part of Northeast China.

Deserts and mountain ranges 5

  1. Gobi Desert A large, cold desert of southern Mongolia and North China.
  2. Taklamakan Desert A desert in northwestern China, inside the Tarim Basin.
  3. Tian Shan A large system of ranges in Central Asia.
  4. Altai Mountains Where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan meet.
  5. Kunlun Mountains A long chain on the Tibetan Plateau's northern edge.

How this list was compiled: Shapes, points and names: the site's own map drawing as it stood on 2026-10-01; the names are those of Natural Earth, the map data, and each was read again in the title or opening of the feature's English Wikipedia article. Detail lines: one fact each from the opening of that article, read on 2026-10-01 (checked 2026-10-01): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_Mountains; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_China_Sea; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Mountains; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_Plateau; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_China_Plain; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_China_Plain; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Japan; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Desert; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_Shan; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sea. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 38°N 90°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This East Asia physical geography map labels the land and water from the Tibetan Plateau to Honshu with no borders: the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, the Gobi, the Korean Peninsula and the seas between China, Korea and Japan. Then quiz yourself.

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What this map of East Asia physical features asks

Three rounds follow the labels. Rivers and seas: the Yangtze, the Yellow River and the Amur, then the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea and the East and South China seas. Plateaus and plains: Tibet, Mongolia, North China, Manchuria, Korea and Honshu. Deserts and ranges: the Gobi, the Taklamakan, the Tian Shan, the Altai and the Kunlun.

What the map leaves out

Taiwan, Hokkaido, the Sichuan Basin and the Pearl River are not shapes of the drawing, so they are not asked. Check your class list.

  • The Taklamakan sits inside the Tarim Basin, with the Tian Shan to its north and the Kunlun Mountains to its south.
  • The Yellow River built the North China Plain; the Yangtze ends at the East China Sea.

Questions and answers

What is on an East Asia physical features map?

Land and water with no borders. Here: the Tibetan and Mongolian plateaus, the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, the North China and Manchurian plains, three mountain systems, the Korean Peninsula, Honshu, three rivers, four seas and the Pacific Ocean.

Is this also an East Asia physical map quiz?

Yes. Press Quiz me and the names come off the map. Each question names one feature to tap, one round at a time.

Why does the map say Sea of Japan?

The drawing takes its names from Natural Earth, its map data. Japan supports the name Sea of Japan and South Korea supports East Sea. The page takes no side, and East Sea counts as a typed answer.

Can I print a blank physical map of East Asia?

Yes. The blank print numbers every feature and leaves a line for each name, and the labeled print adds the answer key.

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