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Adapted from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

South Asia

Countries India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Afghanistan China Myanmar Iran

cities New Delhi Madras Benares Calcutta Kabul Bombay (Mumbai) Dacca Lahore Colombo Kathmandu Thimbu Karachi Islamabad

The Size of South Asia

Bodies of Water Indus R. Ganges R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

The Indus River System

The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

“Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

Valleys / Plains Indo-Gangetic Plain

Elevation Levels

Mountains & Peaks Himalayas Mt. Everest ▲ Hindu Kush Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Khyber Pass I I

Hindu Kush

The Khyber Pass

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

Earthquake Zones in India

2004 Earthquake In Indonesia: Tsunami Devastated Indian Ocean Coastlines

Deserts / Plateaus Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau

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

The tibetan Plateau  The “Roof of the World.”  average elevation is 16,400 feet.

The Thar Desert  The Great Indian Desert  feet in elevation.  up to 127ºF in July.

conflicts Punjab Kashmir

Temperature 27 degree Celsius = 81 degree Fahrenheit

Climate Regions of South Asia

Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April

Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

Population Density

Language in India alone

Language Families in South Asia