SOUTH ASIA India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri

SOUTH ASIA India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka

S O U T H A S I A

Physical Regions Mountain Ring Northern Plain Peninsula n Deccan Plateau

Formation of Mountain Ring

LANDFORMS Northern Mtns

Himalayas India Nepal Bhutan Mt. Everest Highest…

Karakoram Mountains Pakistan K 2 n 2 nd highest…

Karakoram Mountains

Tourism Nepal Trekking… n Problems n w Deforestation… w Litter w Cultural Change… Bhutan…

Northern Plain River Lowlands n n Ganges Indus

CLIMATE & AGRICULTURE Monsoons… n Summer Monsoon Heavy Rain n Rice Farming SW Coast Bangladesh…

Cherrapunji India Record Rain n 1041” in 1 yr!

Winter Monsoon Winds Reverse Dry n Except… w NE Sri Lanka Lush in Winter

Pre-Monsoon

Peak Flood

Post Monsoon

Planting Rice Near Calcutta, India

LAND USE

Deserts Pakistan W. India n CLIMATE Rajasthan

POPULATION Ganges River Coast (SW)

POPULATION § India - #2 in…

POPULATION Pakistan Bangladesh #6… #8…

British India British Colony until 1947 Partitioned by Religion

RELIGIONS South Asia

Hindu Countries India Nepal Buddhist Countries Sri Lanka Bhutan

Hinduism Caste System… Reincarnation Cows….

Hinduism Ganges River…

Ganges River Varanasi… n Holiest…

Varanasi

Islam …Mughal Empire (1500) n Architecture w Persian and Indian influences

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal Agra

Muslim Countries Pakistan Bangladesh

Pakistan Mosque

Muslim Women Muslim Man

Sikhism Religion of Punjab, India Sikh surname “Singh” (lion) Disavow caste system Men and Women equal Hair…

Sikh Region

Sikh Men

Amritsar Holiest City…

Punjab Sikhs numerous… n Religion dates from 1500 s

LANGUAGES India Hindi n English n

Pakistan’s Languages English Urdu

British India Seaports n n n Bombay Calcutta Karachi

British India Built Railways

INDIA – Cities Bombay – Mumbai n n n Largest city… “Wall Street”… “Bollywood”… Calcutta – Kolkata n n n Ganges Delta Former Capital – British India Poverty w 1/2 Million Homeless

Bombay Largest city…

Bombay – (Mumbai) Largest City “Wall Street” of India

Bombay “Bollywood”

Calcutta Ganges Delta

Calcutta Former Capital, British India

Calcutta – Crowded City

Calcutta Poverty

INDIA – Economic Development Agriculture n Traditional & Modern Manufacturing n n Handicrafts Clothing Technology n n n Service Industries Software Development w Bangalore BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)

New Delhi India’s Capital

BANGLADESH Ganges Delta n Capital = Dhaka Poorest of large pop. countries Agricultural & Rural n Rice

Dhaka, Bangladesh Brahmaputra and Ganges river deltas flood with rain and Himalayan snowmelt.

SRI LANKA Plantation Agriculture n Tea, Rubber, Coconuts Ethnic Conflict n n Sinhalese – South w Majority w Indo-European (L) w Buddhist (R) Tamil – North w Minority w Dradividian (L) w Hindu (R)

Sri Lanka Buddhist Monks Modern Colombo

PAKISTAN Poor country with large military Recent Foreign and Domestic investment Karachi = #1 & Seaport

Islamabad Capital of Pakistan Modern Islamic City