South Asia

1. South Asia How does the physical environment affect the people of this region?

2. What is South Asia? • Geology.Com

3. India - the heart of South Asia • Geology.Com

4. Pakistan - the Indus Valley

5. Bangladesh - the Ganges & Bramaputra Delta

6. Nepal - Himalayas • Summit of Everest is made of limestone • Fossils found at 18,000 ft on Everest • Evidence that this rock used to be underwater - the bed of a shallow tropical sea • How did this happen?

7. Tectonics - the moving crust! • South Asia is the result of colliding continents • Collision produced Himalayas

8. Sediments on sea floor were squeezed up to form Fold Mountains - Himalayas

9. What effect does this movement have?

10. What effect does this movement have?

11. Tectonics - the moving crust! • South Asia is the result of colliding continents • Collision produced Himalayas • Earthquake Patterns are a legacy of this movement

12. Tsunami - global effects! • Shock wave crossed Pacific Ocean • Diminishing power with distance

13. Areas affected by Tsunami

14. Death toll as of Feb 23 2005 Center for Excellence in Disaster Management

15. Tectonic forces produced the basic structure of the landscape What effect does this structure have?

16. What effect does this physical structure have? Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

17. The Indian Monsoon: Summer Hot air rising (Low Pressure) Hot ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

18. The Indian Monsoon Hot air rising (Low Pressure) Moist air drawn north Hot ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

19. The Indian Monsoon Hot air rising (Low Pressure) Air rises,cools, clouds form Rain! Moist air drawn north Hot ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

20. The Indian Monsoon Hot air rising (Low Pressure) Air rises,cools, clouds form Rain! Moist air drawn north Hot ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

21. Monsoon Clouds Towering Cumulus Kerala, India Trek Nature.com photo62187

22. The Indian Monsoon: Winter Air chilled and sinks ( High Pressure) Cold, dry air builds up Very Cold Ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

23. The Indian Monsoon: Winter Air chilled and sinks ( High Pressure) Dry air spills over Himalayas Very Cold Ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

24. The Indian Monsoon: Winter Air chilled and sinks ( High Pressure) Dry air spills over Himalayas Dry Air= no clouds= NO RAIN Very Cold Ground Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Central Asia Himalayas Indian Ocean

25. Monsoon Rainfall www.tsiindia.com

26. Arrival of the Monsoon Nishantapur, Bangladesh National Geographic Student Atlas

27. Arrival of the Monsoon Turag River, Bangladesh (National Geographic)

28. What effect does the Monsoon have? • Good Monsoon = good harvest Madhya Pradesh, India, 1988 (National Geographic)

29. What effect does the Monsoon have? • Gujarat 2005 • Bangladesh 2004 Dakar, Bangladesh ( National Geographic)

30. The Bay of Bengal

31. Unusual Signs! • In the northern Indian city of Lucknow - mouse perches on a frog in “waist-deep” flood water • A small sign of the early arrival of annual summer monsoon rains. National Geographic.com

32. Issue: How do different nations cope with such disasters? • Think about the following questions • Why was this Tsunami so widely reported? • How would you compare Hurricane Katrina’s effects with that of the Tsunami? • How did New Orleans cope compared to say, Acheh Province?

33. Sources • Wikipedia • National Geographic.