1. Adapted from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. South Asia

3. Countries India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Afghanistan China Myanmar Iran

4. cities New Delhi Madras Benares Calcutta Kabul Bombay (Mumbai) Dacca Lahore Colombo Kathmandu Thimbu Karachi Islamabad

5. The Size of South Asia

7. Bodies of Water Indus R. Ganges R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

8. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

9. The Indus River System

10. The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

11. “Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

12. Valleys / Plains Indo-Gangetic Plain

13. Elevation Levels

14. Mountains & Peaks Himalayas Mt. Everest ▲ Hindu Kush Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Khyber Pass I I

15. Hindu Kush

16. The Khyber Pass

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

18. Earthquake Zones in India

19. 2004 Earthquake In Indonesia: Tsunami Devastated Indian Ocean Coastlines

20. Deserts / Plateaus Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau

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

22. The tibetan Plateau  The “Roof of the World.”  average elevation is 16,400 feet.

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

24. conflicts Punjab Kashmir

26. Temperature 27 degree Celsius = 81 degree Fahrenheit

27. Climate Regions of South Asia

28. Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April

29. Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

31. Population Density

33. Language in India alone

34. Language Families in South Asia