Today’s Schedule – 4/11

• Turn in Unit 8 Maps• CNN Student News– 24.2 Vocab Check

• 24.2 Lecture: Climate & Vegetation of South Asia• HW:– Read 24.3– Complete 24.3 Vocab– Have a WONDERFUL Easter break!

CLIMATE

India’s climate varies from highland in the mountains

To tropical humid in the southwest.

MonsoonsMonsoons strongly impact

India’s climate.

The wet summer monsoon usually begins in June

Some areas receive more than 400 inches of rain per year.

The winter monsoon is warm and dry

And usually lasts from November into March.

VEGETATION

Vegetation

• India: Predominantly tropical grasslands• Pakistan: Desert• Perimeter Countries: Forest

BIOLOGY

India has a wide range of biological life, including:

ElephantsTigersMonkeysMore than 1200

bird speciesNearly 400 snake

species