1. South Asia Climate Types Effects & Adaptations

2. Tropical Wet & Dry: Dhaka
EFFECTS:
Flooding can destroy crops.
Floodingimpede transportation
Polluted drinking water
Schools & businesses close.
ADAPTATIONS:
Farmers grow rice, which requires a lot of water.

3. Semiarid: Jodhpur EFFECTS: ADAPTATIONS: <14 in. of rain p/yr
Difficulty growing crops
Scarce drinking water
Disease
ADAPTATIONS:
Drip irrigation
Eating samas, a wild grass

4. TROPICAL WET & DRY: CALCUTTA
EFFECTS:
Flooding
Backed up sewer system
Contaminated drinking water
Disease spreads easily
ADAPTATIONS:
Rebuilding canals
Repairing sewer lines
Clearing rivers of garbage to prevent flooding

5. ARID (desert): PUNE EFFECTS: ADAPTATIONS: Farming is difficult.
(cloud seeding)
Farmers plant drought-resistant crops