Category:Asia Temperate

Temperate Asia — biogeographical region in temperate climate Asia.
Includes countries in Asia between 18°N and the Arctic Circle, including the Japanese islands, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, most parts of China, Asian Russia, and the Tibetan Plateau.^[1]
The east–west distance of the area is about 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi), and its north–south extent is about 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi).
Political subdivisions within Asia Temperate include:^[1]

• parts of Category:China:
  • China Northeast (Inner Mongolia, Manchuria)
  • China North-Central (Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Tianjin)
  • China Southeast (Hainan, Hong Kong, Qinghai, Xinjiang)
• Japan
• Korean Peninsula (North Korea, South Korea)
• Mongolia
• Russia: Far Eastern District (Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East)
• Tibetan Plateau (Tibet

1. ↑ ^{a b} ; Robert T. Watson, Marufu C. Zinyowera and Richard H. Moss "Chapter 10: Temperate Asia" in IPCC Working Group II , ed. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability, IPCC Special Reports on Climate Change, November 1997 Cambridge University Press IPCC Working Group II, for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Retrieved on 12 February 2015.