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South Asia Physical Geography

South Asia

Satellite View of South Asia

The Size of South Asia

Mountains & Plateaus Himalaya Mountains -Natural barrier to rest of Asia -Still growing-colliding w/ Asia -Nepal & Bhutan

The Himalayas “him” [snow] “aalaya” [home] Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.

Mountains & Plateaus cont. Hindu Kush Mountains -Barrier b/w Pakistan & Afghanistan -Fight over passes

Hindu Kush

The Khyber Pass

Mountains & Plateaus cont. Deccan Plateau -Most of southern India -Surrounded by Western & Eastern Ghats -Arid: Mts. Block moisture

The Deccan Plateau 31,800 square miles in size. Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high. From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].

Rivers & Plains Three Great Rivers -Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra -Begin in Himalayas

The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

The Brahmaputra River System 1,800 miles long

Flooding on the Brahmaputra

The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

Rivers & Plains cont. Indo-Gangetic Plain -North India -Formed by Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra (3 Great Rivers) -Most heavily populated area (3/5 of population)

The Thar Desert The Great Indian Desert 200 - 1500 feet in elevation. up to 113ºF in July.

South Asia: Physical Map

Resources Water & Soil -Provides food (Farming/fishing) -Alluvial soil: fertile, river soil -Water: CROPS & transportation

Resources Forests -Rain forests -Highland forests -Deforestation: PROBLEM Leads to: soil erosion flooding/landslides habitat loss

Resources Minerals -Coal, petroleum, natural gas -Iron ore

Climate 1. Highland – coldest 2. Humid subtropical – lush land 3. Semiarid 4. Desert 5. Tropical wet 6. Tropical wet & dry

Climate Monsoons -Seasonal winds -Good: Rain -Bad: Unpredictable, flooding                                                                                

Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April

Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

Climate Cyclones -Violent storms -Dangerous

Major Farming Systems of South Asia

Economic Activities & Resources

Silk Cultivation

HEI: Ganges River Most well known in region Important -Drinking, farming, transportation Hinduism -Most popular religion in India -Sacred River -Healing power

HEI: Ganges River Pollution -Most polluted in world -sewage, industrial waste, corpses -Diseases: cholera, hepatitis, typhoid -Enormous problem!!!!

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