Transcript South Asia Physical Features

By: 3rd Hour
Geography
South Asia
Physical
Features
The Eastern and Western Ghats
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Logan
Larson
• The Ghats are located
on the eastern and
western side of south
India.
• The Ghats are a series
of steps leading to a
body of water.
• The highest point on
them is Anamudi at
8,842 ft.
Logan Larson
Lexi B.
Location
• The Himalayan Mountains
are found in India, Nepal,
Bhutan and Tibet. Mount
Everest is part of the
Himalayan Mountains. It
is one of the youngest
mountain ranges. There
are four major climates
that are found in the
Himalayan Mountains.
You can find forests,
scrub zones, upper alpine
zone and finally an arctic
zone
Lexi B.
Characteristics/Facts
• Himalayas means the
‘abode of snow’
• They formed
approximately 70
million years ago
• 75% of Nepal is
covered by the
Himalayas
• 31 of the Himalayan
peaks exceed 7,600
meters
Khyber Pass
• Is a mountain pass that connects
Afghanistan and Pakistan
• The summit of the pass is 3.1
miles high
• The summit of it is in Pakistan at
Landi Kotal
Caden Wood
Khyber Pass
Caden Wood
• Invaded by: Darius I, Alexander the Great,
Genghis Khan
• Later Mongols: Duwa, Qutlugh Khwaja, and
Kebek
• Muslim invaders: Mahmud Ghaznavi,
Muhammad Ghori, and Turkic-Mongols
• In 1798 Sikhs under the command of Ranjit
Singh captured the Khyber Pass.
Patrick Boadwine
Ganges River Delta
• The Ganges river delta is located in southern
Bangladesh. It flows into the Bay of Bengal.
The delta actually begins when the Ganges
and the Brahmaputra meet.
• A river delta is where a river ends
Patrick Boadwine
Ganges River Delta
• The delta is located on the intersection of the
Indian, Burma, and Eurasian tectonic plates. It
has very fertile land, which is used to grow
rice amongst other crops. The city of
Chittagong lies on the Ganges delta. The land
surrounding it is prone to hurricanes & floods.
Mt.
Everest
Tallest mountain in the
world
Ceylee
Location- top
side of Nepal
by the
Himalayas
Physical featuresEverest is composed of
multiple layers of rock
folded back on
themselves/
mountainous
Nicobar Parker Ramstad
• Cordnates-7°05′N 93°48′E
• Located of South East Asia in the Indian Ocean
• Description- Trees, water, and sand. No major
imports/exports.
Fun Facts-Parker Ramstad
• 6 languages are spoke on the island
• During WWII japan occupied the island.
Andaman Islands
By: Austin
Arends
Austin
Arends
Andaman islands
• Location- located by the Bay of Bengal. North of Nicobar
• It is an island an South Asia. The Andaman Islands are owned by India.
Capital is Port Blair
• Population: 380,500
• Has their distinguished language and culture
• 38 islands
• State bird is a wood pigeon
Alannah
Kashmir
Kashmir has been
involved in a boundary
dispute by India,
Pakistan, and China
Northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent
Formerly a lake
Population is mostly Muslim
Tourism is main part of Kashmir’s economy
Fruit, vegetables, and rice are grown
Carter Hausmann
Arabian Sea
• Location: Located on
the western side of
India, and below
Pakistan.
• Description: It’s a
large body of water.
Arabian Sea
• Facts:
• The largest river flowing
into the Arabian Sea is
the Indus River
• Covers an area of
1,491,000 square miles
• It’s depth is 8,970 feet
Carter
Hausmann
Brenton H.
Ganges River
• Located near the Himalayan mountain in India
• Very Sacred place for the 350 million people
that live on or near by the river
• Smallest of the three major rivers in south
Asia it is 1,560 miles
• Source of water is the Himalayan glaciers and
drains into the Bay of Bengal
Brenton H
Facts about Ganges River
• Its is used to for drinking, farming, and
transportation.
• Is the birth place of Hindu goddess Ganga
• Too people over in India it is a way of life
• Everything they do every day depends on this river
• They believe that the water has healing power
Location
• The Brahmaputra River
is located on the
northern side of the
Himalayas. It flows
through the Assam
Valley as Brahmaputra
and south through
Bangladesh as the
Jamuna
Brahmaputra By: Alasia Johnson
Brahmaputra
The waters of this river are shared by
China, India, and Bangladesh. The
water is important for irrigation and
agriculture in India. It’s periodic
flooding helps to improve the fertility
of the soil and maintain life there.
• The Brahmaputra is a river that
is prone to flooding in spring
when the Himalayan snows melt
• The Brahmaputra flows some
1,800 miles from it’s source, the
Himalayas
Brahmaputra By: Alasia Johnson
Zach De Groot
The K2 Mountain
• The K2
Mountain
exactly
north of the
middle of
Kashmir.
Right where
the bump is
on the map
• K2 is the world’s second largest mountain. It was
previously thought as the first largest until we gained
some more technology. It’s also currently being
administrated by the Pakistanis. Godwin-Austen is
another name for it, and a nickname for it is Savage
Mountain. This nickname was given because it has the
second-highest fatality rate “among the eight
thousanders”. It has a peak elevation of 28,251 feet,
which is 5.35 miles high. Every one and four people die
from trying to climb it.
Zach De Groot
Bennett
Boy
Great Indian desert
• the Great Indian Desert, is an enormous
desert of burning hot sand which spreads over
parts of Western India and Eastern Pakistan.
The arid region extends in an area which is
800 km long and 400 km wide. The desert is
bordered by Indus and Sutlej rivers in the west
and by the Aravallis in the east.
Bennett
boy
features
• The great Indian desert doesn’t have many
features in fact the main feature is hot dry
sand and a huge wide spread of desert
• Fun facts. There are none, it’s a desert
Indus River
Alex Van Asselt
• The Indus river flows through Pakistan and
India
• It is located on the Northwestern part of India
• It is located around mountains as well
• It is known as the start of Religion
• This is where they believe Hinduism started
Indus River
Alex Van Asselt
• The Indus river supplies Pakistan with a lot of
the water they use
• The river is largely fed by the glaciers and
snow from the Himalayan mountains
• Pakistan wouldn’t have enough water without
the Indus River
Courtney Moffatt
Hindu Kush
Location- Northern Pakistan and stretches to
Central Afghanistan
• Physical feature- 500-600
miles long, the mountains
height gets smaller as it goes
in to Afghanistan, the
mountains in the western half
are barren, eastern half has
massive glaciers.
• Fun Facts- Tried numerous
times to blow up Osama who
we thought was hiding in
these mountains, Hindu Kush
stands for “Kills the Hindu”,
they find most of the gems in
the western half of the
mountains an example would
be the Lapis Lazuli
Courtney Moffatt
Deccan Plateau
• Location
• Located between
the western & eastern
Ghats mountain ranges
and below the Vindhya
range.
• In Central India
• The climate is tropical
and semi-arid.
Meghan
• Rises up 300 feet.
• It has a lot of different
climates.
• It has many rivers that flow
through it but a lot of areas
get little rainfall.
Meghan
Vindhya Range
Tye Klinnert
• Vindhya range is a
mountain range that is
in the middle of India. It
separates Southern
India from Northern
India.
Vindhya Range
• It is 600 mi. long.
• Rises to 3000 ft. high
• They are a smaller
mountain range