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Agenda. Warm up: 2 nd 6 wks : Week 2: Day 1 Turn in homework: Asia physical map worksheet Things that should have been turned in: Europe maps, Russian physical feature sheet, Middle East packet Notes on South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, & Antarctica. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Warm up: 2nd 6 wks: Week 2: Day 1• Turn in homework: Asia physical map worksheet
– Things that should have been turned in: Europe maps, Russian physical feature sheet, Middle East packet
• Notes on South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, & Antarctica
South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, & Antarctica
Where is SOUTH ASIA??
http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm
South Asia
Physical Geography Plate Tectonics
– Clashing or colliding plates of Eurasian and Indian plates
– This collision created the Himalayan Mts.
Continental Collision: Convergent
Continental Collision: Subduction
The Himalayas
-The Himalayas-Northern Barrier of South Asia-World’s Tallest Peaks-Mt. Everest (29, 035 feet)
http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/everest.htm
The Himalayas
“him” [snow] “aalaya” [home]
Hindu Kush: Mt. range in Afghanistan
The Khyber Pass: only route through the Hindu
Kush Mts.
Khyber Pass
The Himalayas
The Hindu Kush
Physical Geography of South Asia
Rivers – Indus River– Ganges River– Brahmaputra River
Gulfs - – Arabian Gulf– Bay of Bengal
Rivers of South Asia:•Ganges River
-large delta, pollution, trade, irrigation, transportation, religion
http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/schools/romig/asia/Geo/ganges/geography.html
The Ganges River System
1,560 miles long
“Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)
The Indus River System
1,975 miles longSurrounded by deserts on both
sides
Bodies of Water
Indus R.
Ganges R.
Brahmaputra R.
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay ofBengal
Monsoons
• Both South and Southeast Asia have warm winters and hot summers.
• Monsoons are violent winds blow over the region and bring heavy rains in the summer.– Monsoon rains provide water for crops and
support life, but also cause flooding, landslides, property damage, and even death.
South East Asia
• Also divided by mountains creating distinctive cultures and languages in Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia.
• Mekong, Salween, & Irrawady Rivers in Southeast Asia.
• Monsoons
Landforms: • Volcanic Archipelagos - Volcanic Islands• Himalayan foothills extend into
Myanmar & Thailand
Australia
Only nation to occupy an entire continent Flattest and (after Antarctica) driest of continents
– North: rainforests and vast plains– South East: snowfields– Centre: desert– East, South, and South West: fertile
croplands
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is located on the North-East Coast.
It is approx. 25 million years old!It is the world’s largest coral reef,
stretching 2000 km.There are over 1800 species of life on
these coral reefs including fish, plant life, turtles and many other marine life-forms.
Uluru
Uluru
Uluru or Ayer’s Rock as it is also known, is the largest monolith in the world.
It is located in the Northern Territory.Lots of people climb it but the native
Australians; the Aborigine people prefer that it is not climbed as it is sacred to them. It is also dangerous and some people have fallen off.
Antarctica
Antarctica is the world's southernmost continent and covers the South Pole. It is surrounded by the Southern, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. – Since 2000, most geographers call this the
Southern Ocean (Pacific, Atlantic, & Indian Oceans touching Antarctica).
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.
About 98% of this continent is covered by ice, averaging one mile in thickness.
Only plants and animals that can adapt to the extreme cold can survive here.
