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Do Now. How do people in South Florida deal with different extreme weather. Chapter 23 section 2. Climate and Vegetation. Places to Locate. Bay of Bangal : Have ebony trees, lush vines and orchids. Places to Locate.
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Do Now • How do people in South Florida deal with different extreme weather
Chapter 23 section 2 Climate and Vegetation
Places to Locate Bay of Bangal: Have ebony trees, lush vines and orchids
Places to Locate Sundarbans: a swampy area in Southwestern Bangladesh and Northern eastern coast of India. Worlds largest protected mangrove forest
Places to Locate Thar Desert: Lies East of the Indus River, Livestock graze in some areas, and irrigation makes it possible to grow some wheat near the river, but much it is sandy and empty.
Weather Patterns Cyclones: The same as Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, produce high heavy winds and heavy rains
Weather Patterns Tsunamis: huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes
Weather Patterns Monsoons: Seasonal winds that help South Asia have three distinct seasons. In the Hot season, air across South Asia is heated and becomes unstable, It causes a change in wind direction which brings monsoon rains
Videos • You tube video Monsoon Delay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtrG4Sr-Fw You tube Video Monsoon floods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOdahj8lqQ Youtube Video Tsunamis Sri Lanka resort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o56F7PXDk4E • Cyclone in India • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9kf7-sLRo