Transcript Slide 1
© Chris Wilbur 2004
Afghanistan
I. South Asia
Bhutan
II. Physical Geography
A. South Asia is a Peninsula
1) To the north a. Himalayan Mountains b. Hindu Kush Mountains 2) To the south a. Indian Ocean 3) To the West a. Arabian Sea b. Western Ghats 4) To the East a. Indian Ocean 1. Bay of Bengal b. Eastern Ghats © Chris Wilbur 2004
B. Northern Mountains
1) Himalayas (“home of snow”) a. 1,500 miles from West to East b. Separate the Indian Subcontinent from the rest of Asia c. At least fifty mountains are more than five miles high 2) Hindu Kush a. Northwest of the Himalayas b. Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan © Chris Wilbur 2004
C. Lowland Plain 1) Indo-Gangetic Plain a. Curves from Pakistan across India into Bangladesh b. Three Major Rivers are found here 1. Indus River 2. Ganges River (aka Ganga Mata) i. “Mother Ganges” 3. Brahmaputra River c. Thar Desert 1. 100,000 square mile desert found in India and Pakistan d. Assam - Jungle Region in the east © Chris Wilbur 2004
The Ghats
1. Eastern and Western Ghats
a.
Means “high or elevated place” Where do most people live?
b. Western coast = Malabar coast c. Deccan plateau is located between the Ghats, receives little rain © Chris Wilbur 2004
III. Climate and Resource
A. Monsoons 1) “seasonal winds” 2) South Asia has two seasons a. Wet b. Dry B. Rainfall and Vegetation 1) Some areas of India gets as much as 425 inches of rain a year a. Wettest place on earth 2) Varied Vegetation a. From rain forests to scrub deserts 3) Temperature 1. Varied © Chris Wilbur 2004
C. Natural Resources
1) Rich soil 2) Minerals a. Iron b. Manganese c. Copper d. Coal e. Lack of oil has caused the subcontinent to depend upon Nuclear power © Chris Wilbur 2004
IV. People of South Asia
A. Population 1) One billion people a. India B. Culture 1) Varied 2) Many immigrants C. Languages 1) More than 845 languages and dialects spoken 2) Most widely spoken a. Hindi (English and Hindi are the languages of govt.) 3) 15 official languages (based around regions) © Chris Wilbur 2004