The Himalayan Mountains By: Dutch, FES, and Carlos

Physical Geograp hy N, E South-West of China and North- West of India

Physical Geography ● Ranges from Bhutan, over China, India, Nepal and Pakistan to Myanmar. ● Indo-Australian plate → Eurasian plate ● Glacier ● Rocks ● High Plateaus

Climate ●Winter and summer ●Winter: Constant slowing and below zero ●Milder at summer ●Tropical at the base of the mountains ●Permanent ice and snow at the tops

Region ●Region ●Mountains ●Tropical/Dese rt Climate ●Thar Desert

Huma n ●General foods: Plants and Yak ●Hunting is a popular activity in the Himalayas and surrounding regions. ●Only hunters with permits are allowed to hunt in Garhwal. ●Himalayas from the Sherpas in Nepal to the Kashmirs in India.

Humans: Continued ●Most medicines Himalayans use are from the roots of different plants ●One of the main plants is the root of Rhododendron anthopogon

Culture ● Tribes ● Very Religious ● Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam ● Indo-Mongoloid descent ● Many different languages spoken

Econo my ●mixed Economy ●poor: low income per capita ●dependent on agriculture

Economy ● Animal Husbandry ● Forestry ● Tourism ● Water-Power

Economy Trade Routes

Resource s ●Forests: big factor, disadvantage: problem of deforestation ●Herbs: rare herbs that just grow there ●Minerals: e.g. salt from Pakistan ●Water: drinking water and electricity supply ●Soil: make agriculture possible natural:

Herbs: Salt: Resourc es

human: ● farming ● trading transports ● mining

Resources terrace farming:salt extraction:

Resources ●Pollution of water: ●Deforestation: