1. SOUTH ASIA Caption Contest Example I didn’t get that shot. Can you pose again? Keep it appropriate and respectful…

2. They see me rolllllin…. They hatin’…

13. KEY TERMS Typhoon Hurricane Cyclone Monsoon “Mother Ganges” Tsunami Deforestation Agricultural Runoff Over-urbanization Squatter Settlements Overpopulation

14. South Asia

15. The Size of South Asia

17. TYPHOON, MONSOON, CYCLONE, OR HURRICANE? Typhoon Monsoon Cyclone Hurricane Which can affect the Indian subcontinent?

19. Dominant Weather Pattern: The Monsoon

20. Winter

21. Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

23. Bodies of Water Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

24. The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

25. “Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges) The Ganges River is sacred (holy) Holy to Hinduism (not Buddhism)

26. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

27. Valleys / Plains Indus River Valley Indo-Gangetic Plain? Ganges River Valley

28. Mountains & Peaks Himalayas Hindu Kush Western Ghats

29. Hindu Kush

30. The Himalayas  “him” [snow]  “aalaya” [home]  Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet.  SEPERATES CHINA FROM INDIA

31. 2004 Earthquake In Indonesia: Tsunami Devastates Indian Ocean Coastlines!

32. the Tsunami’s Devastation 100,000s dead!

33. The Deccan Plateau  31,800 square miles in size.  Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high.  From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the south”].

34. The Thar Desert  The Great Indian Desert  200 - 1500 feet in elevation.  up to 127ºF in July.

36. BANGLADESH - FLOODING

37. DEFORESTATION Occurred over thousands of years Cow Dung as fuel

38. AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF Green Revolution – Heavy use of chemicals Water system, drainage

39. AIR POLLUTION

40. # 2 in the world  New Delhi 3 more cities in the Top Ten Worst

41. WHY? Short Answer  Increased Car Ownership Long Answer  A meteorological phenomenon known as “inversion” often occurs in valleys similar to those of New Delhi and Beijing. Inversion results in stagnant air, often for days, with no clearing. Therefore, all of the exhaust from vehicles remains trapped in the lower atmosphere. Of course, this is only an issue when there are too many cars in a given area.

42. LOCATION

43. CARS, CARS, CARS

45. Population Density

47. 2010  China1.3 B  India1.2 B  USA307 M  Indonesia240 M  Brazil199 M  Pakistan175 M  Bangladesh156 M  Nigeria149 M  Russia140 M  Japan127 M 2050  India 1.6 B  China 1.4 B  USA 420 M  Nigeria299 M  Pakistan295 M  Indonesia285 M  Brazil260 M  Bangladesh231 M  D.R.C 183 M  Ethiopia145 M

48. Language in India alone

49. LIGHTS AT NIGHT

50. URBANIZATION Migration of people from rural areas to urban areas. Growth of cities. Currently about 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This number is increasing at a rapid rate.

51. URBANIZATION: S. ASIA S. Asia is one of the least urbanized regions in the world.  only 25% Only Sub-Saharan Africa is less urbanized. Currently shifting, quickly.

52. OVERURBANIZATION When the urban population grows more quickly than support services such as housing, transportation, waste disposal and water supply Fairly common in 3 rd World Countries

53. SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS Illegal developments of makeshift housing on land neither owned nor rented by the inhabitants. Fairly common in many Less Developed or 3 rd World Countries

54. WHERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE? Ganges River Valley and Coasts

55. PROBLEMS WITH OVERPOPULATION What are they?

56. PROBLEMS WITH OVERPOPULATION PollutionHousingInadequate ResourcesUnemploymentCulturalEducation SystemHealth Care CostsInfrastructure

57. PROBLEMS WITH OVERPOPULATION: S. ASIA’S BIGGEST PROBLEM Poverty 1/3 of Indian babies malnourished 2/3 of Bengali babies malnourished Population is still growing rapidly (unlike neighbor to the Northeast)

58. Population Pollution Inadequate Resources Unemployment Health Care Costs  Since all of these problems are exacerbated by overpopulation, they can also be lessened by population control.