Physical Features of South Asia

Pakistan

India

Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Land Stats

• Touched in the South by three bodies of water

– Arabian Sea (south west)

– Indian Ocean (south)

– Bay of Bengal (south east)

• Approximately Half of the Continental United States (1.7 million square miles)

• Considered a Sub-Continent of Asia

South Asia Sub-Continent

Himalayas

Himalayas

• Worlds Largest Mountain Range

• Includes the top 100 highest peaks in the world

Mount Everest• Whopping 29,028 feet above sea level

5,280 feet

= 1 mile

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Mount Everest is 10,000 feet higher than Mt.

Kilimanjaro and 9,000 feet higher than Mt.

McKinley

At 20,000 feet above Sea Level it becomes fatal

due to lack of Oxygen!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQVpPiOji0 - Everest Movie

Trailer

Waterfalls in Nepal

Nepal

• A quarter of its population survives on less than 1 U.S. dollar per day

Sri Lanka• Tear Drop of India

• Hindu Mythology

– Rama’s Bridge

• Cyclone destroyed in 1480

Sri Lanka Travel Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-

D5A7zsvBk – Questions on next slide

Why is Sri Lanka the No. 1 Country to travel in 2019?

Identify three reasons from the video that someone would want to travel to Sri Lanka

Ganges River

Ganges River

Ganges River

• Over 1,500 miles in length

• Starts in Ice Cavern in Himalayas

• Empties in the Bay of Bengal

• Most Sacred River in India

– Sacred Healing

– Tradition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lu9ntmPJo

What problems exist with the Ganges River?

What are some proposed solutions to those problems?

• Sheer volume of waste -estimated at nearly 1 billion liters per day - of mostly untreated raw sewage (Industry)

• Also, inadequate cremation procedures contributes to a large number of partially burnt or un-burnt corpses floating down the Ganga, not to mention livestock corpses

Natural Resources

• Water

– Energy and Food

• 90 percent of World’s Mica

– Layered rock used to make electrical equipment

• Large producer of Graphite

• Timber

– Sri Lanka has banned Timber exports since 1977

• Dependent on Imported Oil

If you moved to South Asia, which area would you want to live in and why?

“A Day in the Life”

• India

• Mumbai – Largest Slum in India is in Mumbia

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJylLFoJmxA

• Updated