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SOUTHEAST ASIA:
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Figure 14-1
Physical features of Southeast Asia.
From H. J. de Blij and P . O. Muller,
Geography: Realms, Regions
and Concepts
, 14th edition, 2010, p. 534. Originally rendered in color. © H. J. de Blij and
P . O. Muller. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
tous in Thai and other cosmological representations.
The Khmer and numerous other Southeast Asian
civilizations are portrayed as emerging from water.
Sometimes whole populations have been identified
as the
naga
people. In almost everything of signifi-
cance, the
naga
symbol asserts itself.
Nagasin Southeast Asia
Naga
, in Sanskrit, means serpent. The
naga
is an
aquatic symbol that permeates the daily life of
people everywhere in the watery realm of Southeast
Asia (refer to Figure 1-2). The
naga
appears in art
form as a dragon and snake-like creature, and
frequently as a mutation of a different being. For
instance, Thailand has a
sang,
a cross between a
naga and a
singh
(lion). The
naga
form is ubiqui-
Mountain formation remains active and crustal in-
stability is a feature affecting the lives of millions (Chap-
ter 2). The 2004 earthquake off the northwest coast of
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