1. 24 sec. 2 Climate & Vegetation

2. Climate Zones Highland - coldest Humid Subtropical - stretches across South Asia (valleys of Nepal, Bhutan, N. India) Desert - Western India & Pakistan Tropical Wet - Bangladesh & Western India

3. Monsoons Seasonal Winds October -February - Winds blow across S. Asia from NE - dry June - September - Moist winds blow in from SW

4. Cyclones Violent storm with strong winds & heavy rains Brings floods Cyclone killed more than 300,000 in Bangladesh in 1970

6. 24 sec. 3 Human Environment Reaction

7. Life along the Ganges Water for drinking Farming Transportation Worshipped as a Goddess Temples line the banks Pilgrims come to bath

8. Ganges Delta

10. Polluted River Raw Sewage Dead animals Human corpses People who drink the water and bathe in it become sick