South Asia: Physical Geography

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1. Arabian Sea

2. Indian Ocean

3. Bay of Bengal

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SOUTH: Bounded by three bodies of water

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1. Turkmenistan

2. Uzbekistan

3. Tajikistan

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NORTH: Bounded by North/Central Asia

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Myanmar

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EAST: Bounded by Southeast Asia

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Iran

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West: Bounded by West Asia

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1. Northern mountains

2. River lowlands

3. Southern plateaus

4. Outlying islands

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Physiographic regions of South Asia

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1. Hindu Kush

2. Karakoram

3. Pamir

4. Himalayas

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Northern mountains include the ff:

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River lowlands

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Constitute flatlands located south of the Himalayas

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River lowlands

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Also called Indo-Gangetic Plain

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1. Indus

2. Ganges

3. Brahmaputra

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Rivers that dominate the river lowlands

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Deccan

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Means "south" in Sanskrit

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1. Western Ghats

2. Eastern Ghats

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Deccan plateau framed by two sets of mountains

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Maldives & Sri Lanka (southern end)

Andaman & Nicobar (east)

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Outlying Islands

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1. Altitude

2. Proximity to the sea coast

3. Monsoons

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Favtors affefting climate

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1. Scorching heat (up to 43C)

2. Intense rains

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Southern region summer characterized by two key phenomena

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Monsoon

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Refer to seasnal shifts in the prevailing winds

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May

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Onset of monsoon period

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June

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Monsoon arrive in Indian Peninsula

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Bangladesh

Northeast India

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Monsoon: affected by heavy rain

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Himalaya region

Northwest India

Southern India

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Affected by moderate rain

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Western Ghats Rainforest

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Rainforest that blocks the flow of monsoon rains

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Enormous arrowhead

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Indian subcontinent shape

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Points southward from the sprawling landmass of Asia

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Indian subcontinent direction