World Geography Unit on Indian Subcontinent

1. Global Studies Unit #6A: The Indian subcontinent

2. South Asia

3. Satellite View of South Asia

4. The Size of South Asia

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

6. South Asia: Physical Map

7. The Ganges River System 1,560 miles long

8. “ Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)

9. The Brahmaputra River System 1,800 miles long

10. Floods on the Brahmaputra: 2003

11. Flooding on the Brahmaputra

12. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

13. Elevation Levels

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

16. The Himalayas

19. Climate of South Asia

20. Climate Regions of South Asia

21. Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April

22. Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.

23. Vegetation of South Asia

24. Major Farming Systems of South Asia

25. Economic Activities & Resources

26. Demographic Data for South Asia

27. Population Density

28. Population Density

29. Eastern Philosophies Hinduism and Buddhism

33. Who do Hindus worship? – the major gods of the Hindu Pantheon Brahma , the creator god

34. All deities are but forms (attributes and functions) of the impersonal Brahman

36. Religions of South Asia