1. the
Geography
of the
Indian subcontinent

2. South Asia

3. Second Highest Population with 1.2 billion people
The Size of South Asia
Second Highest Population with 1.2 billion people

4. Satellite View of South Asia

5. Mountains & Peaks Karakorum Mts. Hindu Kush I I Khyber Pass K2
Himalayas
Mt. Everest ▲

6. barriers between India subcontinent and Asia
Mountains
Northern Mountains
barriers between India subcontinent and Asia
Himalayas
Hindu Kush (Khyber Pass)
Karakorum

7. The Himalayas Giant barrier between Indian subcontinent and China
“him” [snow]
“aalaya” [home]
Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.

8. The Himalayas
Created by movement/collision
of tectonic plates

9. Mountain Range between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Hindu Kush
Mountain Range between Pakistan and Afghanistan

10. The Khyber Pass Passage through Hindu Kush Mts.
Used to invade, or pass through to enter India, trade route, spreading of culture

11. Central Mountains Vindhya Mountains
Separate the Deccan Plateau & the Indo Gangetic Plain
forms a cultural barrier between Northern and Southern India
lies across the central portion of the Indian subcontinent.

12. Eastern & Western Ghats
HILLS
Eastern & Western Ghats
Runs along the southern coastal regions of India
Causes the rain shadow effect on the Deccan Plateau

13. Rain Shadow

14. Plateaus
Deccan Plateau

15. The Deccan Plateau Located between the Eastern & Western Ghats
Semi Arid climate-dry due to rain shadow effect.
31,800 square miles in size.
Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high.
From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].

16. THAR DESERT
Thar
Desert

17. DESERT Thar Desert The Great Indian Desert (in NW India)
feet in elevation.
up to 127ºF in July.

18. Rivers
Indus R.
Brahmaputra R.
Ganges R.

19. River Systems All begin in Himalayas Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra
Create alluvial plains when they over flow – rich soil

20. Indus River Cultural hearth (Indus River Valley)
Fighting today over who controls the head waters of the river (where it starts)
Indus River

21. Flooding on the Brahmaputra
Floods in Bangladesh

22. Ganges River Sacred River to Hindus Very polluted river
Nicknamed Gangamai, which means Mother Ganges
Population density (1000 people / sq mile)

23. Mother Ganges

24. Indo-Gangetic Plains
Indo-Gangetic Plain

25. PLAINS INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS
Between Ganges & Indus rivers, south of the Himalayas
Alluvial Plains
fertile soil, farming region
High population= 3/5 of population of India lives here

26. Islands
Sri Lanka
Maldives

27. Islands Sri Lanka Tropical Mountains in center Small rivers
Coastal plains

28. Islands Maldives Archipelago 1,200+ islands (only 200 are inhabited)
atolls
Low-lying tops of submerged volcanoes
Surrounded by coral reefs and lagoons

29. Monsoons-seasonal winds
Affect the climates of South Asia
Summer Monsoons bring heavy rainfall, esp in Ganges delta region
Monsoons highly unpredictable
Crucial to life in the subcontinent

30. Winter Monsoons Nov.- April DRY Winds blow from the Northeast to the Southwest

31. SUMMER MONSOONS MAY-OCT WET, heavy with moisture (rain)
Winds blow from the SOUTHWEST to the NORTHEAST

32. Monsoons

33. CLIMATE REGIONS
Climates Range from Tropical Wet (warmest) to Highlands (coldest)
Where is the Highland climate?
*Himalayas