1. Unit 3
Asia

2. The Area we are studying
South Asia
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

3. The Area we are studying
East Asia
Mongolia
China
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan

4. The Area we are studying
South East Asia
Myanmar
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia

5. Physical Geography – South Asia
The Arabian plate (containing India) is moving up and crashing into the continent of Asia
What happens when 2 continental plates collide with each other?

6. The Himalayas Formed where two plates meet Highest in the world
A barrier between South Asia & the rest of Asia
Mt. Everest = highest Mountain in the world 29,000 feet above sea level

7. Gangetic Plain – wide fertile plains watered by major rivers
Indus
Flows mainly through Pakistan, used to irrigate orchards + transportation
Indus River Valley = Cradle of Ancient India
Ganges
Most important river in South Asia, water from snowcapped mountains flows all year – even in dry season
Summer monsoons can create deadly floods along Ganges
Brahmaputra Rivers
Flows East through Himalaya,
Major inland waterway + source of hydroelectricity

9. Climate and Vegetation
Rainforest = western coast & Bangladesh
Tropical Dry Climate (steppe) semi arid grassland, few trees, less than 20 inches per year.

10. Monsoons 3 Seasons – HOT (Feb. – June) WET (June- Sept)
COOL (Oct. –Feb)
Depends on seasonal winds called MONSOONS
Rains from monsoons are heaviest in eastern South Asia

12. Cyclones Same as hurricanes – same thing different name
High winds, heavy rains

13. Tsunamis What is a Tsunami –
A giant wave created by an underwater earthquake

14. Where have Tsunami’s occured
May 22, 1960: The largest recorded earthquake, magnitude 8.6 in Chile, created a tsunami that hit the Chilean coast within 15 minutes. The surge, up to 75 feet (25 meters) high, killed an estimated 1,500 people in Chile and Hawaii.
March 27, 1964: The Alaskan Good Friday earthquake, magnitude between 8.4, spawned a 201-foot (67-meter) tsunami in the Valdez Inlet. It traveled at over 400 mph, killing more than 120 people. Ten of the deaths occurred in Crescent City, in northern California, which saw waves as high as 20 feet (6.3 meters).
Aug. 23, 1976: A tsunami in the southwest Philippines killed 8,000 on the heels of an earthquake.
July 17, 1998: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake generated a tsunami in Papua New Guinea that quickly killed 2,200.
Dec. 26, 2004: A colossal earthquake with a magnitude between 9.1 and 9.3 shook Indonesia and killed an estimated 230,000 people, most due to the tsunami and the lack of aid afterward, coupled with deviating and unsanitary conditions. The quake was named the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, and the tsunami has become known as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Those waves traveled the globe – as far as Nova Scotia and Peru.
March 11, Japan hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake which triggered 23 foot waves. 15,839 dead, 5,950 injured, and 3,642 missing
Sources: NOAA, USGS, Humboldt State University

15. How a Tsunami works

16. HW
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