1. South Asia
Physical Features

2. Map of South Asia

3. Mountains Separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia
Hindu Kush
Northwest- it divides subcontinent from central Asia
Rugged mountain range
Khyber Pass-
Khyber Pass begins about 10 miles outside the Pakistani city of Peshawar in the northwest frontier province and ends on the Afghan border at Torkham.
Because it is the main connection between Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, the route through the Khyber Pass constitutes one of the major means of access to Central Asia. 
Eastern & Western Ghats
Low mountains that separate India’s east and west coast

4. Khyber Pass

5. Mountains Himalayas Himalayas, Sanskrit for ‘abode of snow’
Stretch 1,500 miles
Along the northern border of Indian subcontinent
Formed by collision of two massive tectonic plates
The Himalayas cover approximately 75% of Nepal
The Himalayas are the source for the Indus, the Yangtze and the Ganges and Brahmaputra.
All three are major river systems for the continent of Asia
Home to the world’s highest mountains
Mount Everest-Highest mountain in the world
Measures 29,035 feet K2
Northern Pakistan
World’s second highest peak

6. Bodies of water-Rivers
Originated in the Himalayas
Massive amounts of water from the mountains melting snow and glaciers
Floods surrounding land leaving rich soil deposits and fertile plains
Ganges River
Flows across northern India into Bangladesh
Joins other rivers (Brahmaputra) and creates huge deltas
Ganges Plain-India’s farming heartland
Indus River
Fertile plain-Indus River Valley
One home to earliest Indian civilizations
Today one of Pakistan’s most densely populated area
Delta-landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits

7. Bodies of water-Rivers
Brahmaputra River
Flows east and southwest into Bay of Bengal
Forms the largest delta with the Ganges-has some of the world’s richest farmland

8. Bodies of water-Oceans
Indian Ocean
covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world
South of India
Bay of Bengal
large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean,
It is bordered by Sri Lanka and India to the west, Bangladesh to the north, and Myanmar (Burma) and the northern part of the Malay Peninsula to the east.
Arabian Sea
Northwestern part of the Indian Ocean
covering a total area of about 1,491,000 square miles

9. Bodies of Water Gulf of Khambhat Gulf of Mannar
indenting northward into the coast of Gujarat state, western India
trumpet-shaped gulf of the Arabian Sea
Gulf of Mannar
inlet of the Indian Ocean, between southeastern India and western Sri Lanka.
the gulf is noted for its pearl banks and sacred chank (a gastropod mollusk).

10. Landforms Thar Desert Deccan Plateau The Great Indian Desert
feet in elevation.
up to 127ºF in July
Deccan Plateau
Located in South India
31,800 square miles in size.
2,000 – 8,000 feet high

11. Climates Arid Semiarid Tropical Wet Tropical Wet and Dry
receives less than 10 inches of rainfall in an entire year.
Deserts are areas that are arid.
Semiarid
Characterized by relatively low annual rainfall of 10 to 20 inches
having scrubby vegetation with short, coarse grasses; not completely arid.
Tropical Wet
high temperatures year round
large amount of year round rain
Tropical Wet and Dry
Large amounts of rain during summer season
There is a dry season in the winter
Humid subcontinental
hot, usually humid summers and mild to cool winters.

12. Climate Physical Features affect the climate Variety of climates
In Himalayas
Highland climate brings cool temperatures to much of Nepal and Bhutan
Plains south of Himalayas
Humid sub-tropical climate

14. Population
Where is the majority of the population located? Why do you think this is the case?

15. Population
Look at the difference in the population density between U.S. and Bangladesh

16. Natural Resources Variety of Natural Resources
Agricultural and mineral resources are most plentiful
Perhaps most important is the regions fertile soil
Farms produce many different crops
Tea, rice, nuts, jute(plant used for making rope)
Timber and livestock
Particularly in Nepal and Bhutan

17. Natural Resources South Asian’s depend or rivers Mineral resources
Irrigation, transportation, drinking and household water
Mineral resources
Iron ore, coal-India
Natural Gas Reserves-Pakistan
Gemstone-Sri Lanka