C.J. Cox

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World Regional Geography
South Asia

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 7
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South Asia

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 1. Sub-region of Asia - Indian Subcontinent
• 2. Mostly Dry Flat Plateau Area

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 3. Soon to be the largest population
  concentration in the world 1.3 Billion
• 4. Center of Hindu Religious Concentration
• 5. Hundreds of
  languages
  ethnic groups

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 6. Colonial Exploitation of this resource rich
  area
• 7. Highest Mountains in the world
• 8. Historically an Asian crossroads for trade

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 9. Region is dominated by monsoon rains
• 10. Culturally vibrant Hindus,
  Moslems, Jaines, Seiks

Himalyas Tibetan Plateau
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Relative Location of South Asia

• Centrally located between Southwest Asia and
  Southeast Asia
• South of China
• North of the Indian Ocean
• Along a water trade routes

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South Asia

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Physical Geography of South Asia

• Plate Tectonics
• Plateaus
• Deserts
• Mountains
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Climates

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Physical Geography

• Plate Tectonics
• Clashing or colliding plates of Eurasian and
  Indian plates
• This collision created the Himalayan Mts.

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Physical Geography
Deserts Thar Desert Pakistan Desert

• Indian Sub Continent Plateau - Deccan Plateau

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Physical Geography of South Asia

• Mountains
• Himalayan
• Pamir Mts.
• Karakorum Mts.

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Physical Geography of South Asia

• Rivers
• Indus River
• Ganges River
• Brahmaputra River
• Gulfs -
• Arabian Gulf
• Bay of Bengal

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Godavari Krishna Deltas
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Pakistan Lower Indus Valley
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Climates of South Asia
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Physical Geography of South Asia

• Climates
• Desert Climates dominate Pakistan and Afghanistan
• Deccan Plateau of India is also very arid
• Northern Himalayan regions and coastal areas are
  very wet in the summers
• tropical monsoon climate

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Vegetation Map
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South Asia

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• INTERESTING FACTS
• India is the 1/3 the size of the United States
  with 5 times the population
• Bangladesh has about half the population of the
  United States alone
• South Asia is the fast growing of the large
  population concentrations and will soon surpass
  China as the largest

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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Population
• Languages
• Religion
• Agriculture
• Economics
• Historical Geography

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Population Concentrations
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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Population
• 1.4 billion
• concentrations on coasts rivers
• high overall population due to large base numbers
  high growth rates
• Large numbers in Pakistan Bangladesh

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South Asia

• Population Characteristics
• Birth rates 28/1000
• Death rates 9/1000
• Natural Increase 1.9
• Infant Mortality 74/1000
• Doubling Time 36yrs
• Pop
• Pop 65 4

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Dying Under 40 years
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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Languages
• Indo-European Language Family
• Indic Branch
• Dravidian Language Family
• Hindi
• English is the lingua Franca or the language of
  commerce

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Languages
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Religions
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Religions
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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Religion
• Islam in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh
• Hindu in India Nepal
• Religious landscapes

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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Religion
• Religious landscapes

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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Agriculture
• subsistence farming
• intensive rice farming
• nomadic herding
• in dry areas

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Agriculture in South Asia
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Amu Darya River Irrigated Lands -
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Cultural Geography of South Asia

• Economy
• primary industry
• resource rich
• trade
• large labor
  population

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Income levels
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Historical Geography

• Pre European Kingdoms
• Colonial Transformation
• Emergence of
  a World Power

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South Asia

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Political Geography of South Asia
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South Asia

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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World Regional Geography
South Asia

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 7