ASIA 



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In brief, then, the distribution of plant life in Asia, 

 which, at a first glance, appears to be in widening belts 

 of increasing density, has to be further analysed, the 

 north being poorer than the south and the west than 

 the east. The south-eastern quarter is the centre of 

 radiation of plant life for the whole continent. Of the 



FIG. 3. Seasonal Distribution of Rainfall in Asia. 

 two western quarters, the northern, having more water 

 and less heat than the southern, is also more luxuriant. 



Tundra. Along the Arctic Ocean, Asia possesses an 

 enormous development of coast-line involving about one- 

 third of the parallel of 70 N. This coast-line lies, on 

 the whole, much nearer the pole than the corresponding 



