Geography of Asia questions

In rupees, we will pay, among others in Pakistan, India, Nepal, but also in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius. In Bangladesh, however, the official currency is that.

With over 50 % of the country's total population, it is also the most populous island in the Philippines and the fourth most populous in the world (after Java, Honshu, and Great Britain).

A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand, and deflation which is the removal of loose material by wind turbulence. They can be found in most deserts across the globe.

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest,It is on the border between China and Pakistan. K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit.

Islam is the largest religion in Kazakhstan, followed by Eastern Orthodoxy. After decades of religious suppression by the Soviet Union, the coming of independence witnessed a surge in expression of ethnic identity, partly through religion. Hundreds of mosques, churches, and other religious structures were built in the span of a few years.

Muslims constitute 90% of the population of Uzbekistan. During the Soviet era, Uzbekistan had sixty-five registered mosques and as many as 3,000 active mullahs and other Muslim clerics. For almost forty years, the Muslim Board of Central Asia, the official, Soviet-approved governing agency of the Muslim faith in the region, was based in Tashkent.

Around the 13th century, monks from Sri Lanka introduced Theravada Buddhism to Southeast Asia. The religion spread and eventually displaced Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism as the popular religion of Angkor. It became the official state relifion in 1295.

Thailand's national religion, Theravada Buddhism, is central to modern Thai identity. 94% of Thais are Buddhists.

Sri Lanka has the longest continuous history of Buddhism of any predominately Buddhist nation (about 70% of the population are Buddhists). Buddhism is given special recognition in the Constitution, which requires Sri Lankan to "protect and foster the Buddha Sasana".

Lake Balkhash is the 13th largest lake in the world. The lake is divided by a strait into two distinct parts. The western is a fresh water half, while the eastern half is saline.