3/15 & 18Physical Geography of South Asia NOTES:NOTES: South Asia: Climate & Biomes ATLASATLAS: Physical Geography of South Asia VIDEO: Ganges

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WEATHER= the condition of the atmosphere at a particular LOCATION and TIME “What is it like outside, right now?”

CLIMATE: WEATHER conditions at a particular location over a LONG period of TIME “What’s the weather usually like?”

CLIMATE ZONES

CLIMATE ZONE 1) Label the CLIMATE ZONE Diagram HIGH / POLAR MID/ TEMPERATE LOW / TROPICAL MID / TEMPERATE HIGH / POLAR

2) HIGHLAND = VARIABLE Climate based on ELEVATION (same LATITUDE, different ALTITUDE). Found in LOW & MID Latitudes

10º 20º 30º SOUTH ASIA: CLIMATE & BIOMES REVIEW

BIOMES

ELEVATION= ALTITUDE affects TEMPERATURE; the HIGHER you go, the COLDER it is. (The temperature drops about 3.5 degrees with every 1000 feet of change in elevation)

NORTH HIGHLANDHIMALAYAHIGHLAND in HIMALAYA Mountains -high elevations are very cold, snow year-round

RAINSHADOW = Mountains BLOCK the passage of RAIN- producing weather systems, casting a "SHADOW" of DRYNESS behind them.

CONTINENTIALITY= climatic effect caused by a continent’s INTERIOR being INSULATED from OCEAN influences.The CENTER of a continent is usually DRIER than the COASTAL areas.

WEST & CENTRAL THAR DESERTTHAR DESERT along lower Indus River DECCAN PLATEAU WESTERN GHATSDECCAN PLATEAU gets low rainfall because of the WESTERN GHATS CONTINENTIALITY RAINSHADOW

SOUTHWEST, EAST & SRI LANKA Tropical WetTropical Wet -hot, rainy, & humid -world record; 366 inches of rain/1 month

MANGROVE FORESTS

Tropics North Pole or South Pole

Sun’s Rays Create WIND & OCEAN CURRENTS

3) MONSOONSWINDSMONSOONS = Seasonal WINDS BENEFICIALDESTRUCTIVEBoth BENEFICIAL & DESTRUCTIVE

4) WINTER MONSOON November to March DRYNORTHRAINDRY winds from NORTH bring little RAIN

5) SUMMER MONSOON June to September WARMSOUTHWARM winds from SOUTH RAINS bring critical RAINS -water for people & crops Causes massive rainstorms & contributes to cyclones -yearly flooding in Bangladesh & eastern India

Summer Monsoon

6) IMPACT of MONSOONS Cycle of DROUGHT & FLOODINGCycle of DROUGHT & FLOODING -Agriculture DEPENDS on Monsoon Rains -floods kills people & crops -droughts cause FAMINE -droughts cause FAMINE UNPREDICTABLE CLIMATE = UNRELIABLE ECONOMYUNPREDICTABLE CLIMATE = UNRELIABLE ECONOMY -CROP failure -BANKRUPTS many farmers & businesses

What do cyclones remind you of? 7) CYCLONES A.K.A. “hurricanes” & “typhoons” WARMBAY BENGALResult of WARM water in the BAY of BENGAL S. Asia’s most destructive weather INDIATEXAS BANGLADESH SRI LANKA

8) CLIMATE GRAPHS show the AVERAGE temperature & precipitation over 12 MONTHS.

9)BAR GRAPH = PRECIPITATION LINE GRAPH = TEMPERATURE 9) BAR GRAPH = PRECIPITATION LINE GRAPH = TEMPERATURE

VIDEO: Ganges

ATLAS: Physical Geography of South Asia

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