演示文稿 South China Sea南海.ppt

Know About South China Sea;Geography Epicontinental Sea陆缘海 States and territories领土with borders on the sea (clockwise顺时针方向 from north) include: the Peoples Republic of China (including Macau and Hong Kong), the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei文莱, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia柬埔寨, and Vietnam越南. Major rivers that flow into the South China Sea include the Pearl, Min, Jiulong, Red, Mekong, Rajang, Pahang, Pampanga, and Pasig Rivers.;Islands and seamounts海底山 The South China Sea contains over 250 small islands, atolls环礁, cays岩礁, shoals浅滩, reefs暗礁, and sandbars沙洲, most of which have no indigenous本土的 people, many of which are naturally under water at high tide, and some of which are ;The Spratly Islands spread over an 810 by 900 km area covering some 175 identified insular孤立的 features, the largest being Taiping Island (Itu Aba) at just over 1.3 km long and with its highest elevation at 3.8 metres. The largest singular feature in the area of the Spratly Islands is a 100 km wide seamount called Reed Tablemount平顶海山, also; It is an extremely significant body of water in a geopolitical地缘政治 sense. It is the second most used sea lane航道 in the world, while in terms of world annual merchant fleet tonnage商业船队排水量, over 50% passes through the Strait of Malacca, the Sunda Strait, and the Lombok Strait. Over 1.6 million m3 (10 million barrels) of crude oil a day are shipped through the Strait of Malacca. ; Resources――the second Persian Gulf The region has proven oil reserves of around 1.2 km3 (7.7 billion barrels), with an estimate of 4.5 km3 (28 billion barrels) in total. Natural gas reserves are estimated to total around 7,500 km3 (266 trillion cubic feet). A 2013 report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration raised the total estimated oil reserves to 11 billion barrels. According to studies made by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines, this body of water holds one third of the entire world‘s mari