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The Geography of the Indian subcontinent

The Geography of the Indian subcontinent. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. South Asia. The Size of South Asia. Check your foldable. Do you have the countries? Do you have the capitals? Did you make the graph?. 7-Countries. Bhutan. Nepal. Pakistan. India.

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The Geography of the Indian subcontinent

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  1. The Geography of the Indian subcontinent Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. South Asia

  3. TheSize ofSouthAsia

  4. Check your foldable • Do you have the countries? • Do you have the capitals? • Did you make the graph?

  5. 7-Countries Bhutan Nepal Pakistan India Bangladesh Maldives Sri Lanka

  6. SouthAsia:PhysicalMap

  7. Open the foldable to the inside 4 boxes • Bodies of water • Mountains and peaks • Deserts and plateaus • Islands Water Mts and Peaks Deserts and Plateaus Islands

  8. 5-Bodies of Water Indus R. Indus R Ganges R Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal Ganges R. Bay ofBengal Arabian Sea Indian Ocean

  9. The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

  10. “Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

  11. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

  12. Elevation Levels

  13. 6-Mountains & Peaks KhyberPassI I Hindu Kush Himalayas Mt. Everest▲ Himalayas Mt. Everest Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Hindu Kush Khyber Pass Eastern Ghats WesternGhats

  14. Hindu Kush

  15. The Khyber Pass

  16. The Himalayas • “him” [snow] • “aalaya” [home] • Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.

  17. The Himalayas • K2 is 28,251 feet. It is the 2nd highest mt. peak in the world. Deaths: 77 of the 300 that have reached the summit

  18. The Himalayas

  19. Earthquake Zones in India

  20. 2004 Earthquake In Indonesia:Tsunami Devastates Indian Ocean Coastlines!

  21. the Tsunami’s Devestation 100,000s dead!

  22. 2-Deserts / Plateaus TharDesert Thar Desert Deccan Plateau DeccanPlateau

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

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

  25. 2-Islands Maldives Sri Lanka 1,000 islands in 26 atolls, the highest point 8 ft elevation One Island up to 8,000 ft elevation

  26. Global Areas of Malaria

  27. Economic Activities& Resources

  28. Silk Cultivation

  29. Population Density

  30. Population Density

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