ai 
=D 
Tandıa a). 
Des, 
Grasslands, 
4, Temperate and tropical forests. 
5. Mixed wood and yrassland—largely cultivated. 
Asta : VEGETATION. 
Ay Ihe. 
though it is generally heaviest about the period when the sun is highest. 
The distriets are well supplied with forests, and yield such products as 
coco-nut, sago, rubber, and various spices, There are also important 
olantations of coffee, sugar, and tobacco. 
FAUNA. 
The land surface of the world has been divided into certain areas called 
zoological provinces, each province being characterized by the presence 
of a large number of similar native animals, and the absence of others. 
From the map on p. 29 it will be seem that, while Northern and Western 
Asia fall within the Palxaretic province, and Arabia into the Ethiopian, 
South-Eastern Asia constitutes the Oriental province, and a part of the 
East Indies lies in the Australian region. 
The Palzarectic Province.—The southern limit of this is not 
really a line, but is formed by the belt of plateaux across Asia, which 
has constituted a barrier to the dispersal of animals. Although this is