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0° Equator 20°N 20°S 80°E 100°E 120°E Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer G an g e s R . B r a h m ap utra R . Ganges Delta I n d u s R . Narma da R. G o d a v ari R . K r i s h n a R . M e k o n g R . S a l w e e n R . I rr a w a d d y R . R e d R. Mt. Everest 29,035 ft. (8,850 m) K2 28,250 ft. (8,611 m) DECCAN PLATEAU Chota Nagpur Plateau N O R T H E R N P L A I N S Rann of Kutch T har Desert E A S T E R N G H A T S W E S T E R N G H A T S H I M A L A Y A M T S . H I N D U K U S H K arakora m R a n g e S ul a i m a n R ange Vindhya Range Khyber Pass Arabian Sea Gulf of Khambhat Bay of Bengal INDIAN OCEAN L a c c a d i v e S e a A n d a m a n S e a Gulf of Mannar Palk Strait Philippine Sea M ala y P e n in s u l a Indochina P h i l i p p i n e I s l a n d s M o l u c c a s Lakshadweep Is. (Ind.) Andaman Is. (Ind.) Nicobar Is. (Ind.) B o r n e o Timor Luzon Mindanao New Guinea Sulawesi Sumatra Java Gulf of Tonkin Java Sea Sulu Sea Celebes Sea Banda Sea Flores Sea Gulf of Thailand Arafura Sea L u z o n Strait S o u t h C h i n a S e a Strait of Malacca PACIFIC OCEAN INDIA PAKISTAN BANGLADESH BHUTAN AFGHANISTAN NEPAL SRI LANKA MALDIVES MYANMAR LAOS THAILAND CAMBODIA VIETNAM INDIA M A L A Y S I A SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES BRUNEI I N D O N E S I A N Elevation Mountain peak (4,000 m) (2,000 m) (1,000 m) (200 m) (0 m) Below sea level 13,100 ft. 6,600 ft. 3,275 ft. 650 ft. 0 ft. 0 0 500 1,000 kilometers 500 1,000 miles Southern Asia: Physical Physical Geography 366 UNIT 5 366-373 Unit 5 Opener/EH 10/17/02 12:52 PM Page 366
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0° Equator
20°N
20°S
80°E 100°E 120°E
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Ganges
R.Brahmaputra R.
Ganges Delta
Indu
s R .
Narmada R.
Godavari R.Krishna R.
Mekong
R.
Salw
een
R.
Irrawaddy
R.
Red R.
Mt. Everest29,035 ft.(8,850 m)
K228,250 ft.(8,611 m)
DECCAN
PLATEAU
Chota NagpurPlateau
NORTHERN PLAINSRann ofKutch
Thar Deser
t
EA
ST
ER
N
GH
A T SWE
ST
ER
NG
HA
TS
H
IMALAYA MTS.
HINDU KUSH KarakoramRange
Sula
iman
Range
Vindhya Range
Khyber Pass
ArabianSea
Gulf ofKhambhat
Bay ofBengal
INDIAN OCEANL
accadive
Sea
Andam
anSea
Gulf ofMannar
Palk Strait
PhilippineSea
Malay
Peninsula
Indochina
Phil ippineIsla
nd
sM
ol u
c c a s
Lakshadweep Is.(Ind.)
AndamanIs. (Ind.)
NicobarIs. (Ind.)
Bo
rn
eo
Timor
Luzon
Mindanao
NewGuinea
Sulawesi
Sumatra
Java
Gulf ofTonkin
Java Sea
SuluSea
CelebesSea
Banda SeaFlores Sea
Gulf ofThailand
Arafura Sea
Luzo
n Strait
S o ut h
Ch
i na
Se
a
Strait of Malacca
PACIFICOCEAN
INDIA
PAKISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
AFGHANISTAN
NEPAL
SRI LANKA
MALDIVES
MYANMAR
LAOS
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
INDIA
M A L A Y S I A
SINGAPORE
PHILIPPINES
BRUNEI
I N D O N E S I A
N
Elevation
Mountain peak
(4,000 m)(2,000 m)(1,000 m)
(200 m)(0 m)
Below sea level
13,100 ft.6,600 ft.3,275 ft.
650 ft.0 ft.
0
0 500 1,000 kilometers
500 1,000 miles
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160°E
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Tropic of Cancer
ArabianSea
Bay ofBengal
Sout
hC
hina
Sea
PACIFICOCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
Inches of Precipitation per Year
0–4
5–8
9–15
16–24
25–39
40–55
56–63
64–78
79–110
111–157
158–220
221–315
316–393
394–472
0
0 500 1,000 kilometers
500 1,000 miles
N
United States
Southern AsiaSouthern Asia
Southern Asia1,878,880,000
Continental United States
United States281,421,906
3,685,718 square miles
3,165,630 square miles
= 50,000,000
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MOST RAIN IN ONE MONTH:Meghalaya, India, July 1861, 366 in.
WORLD’S LARGEST RIVER DELTA:Ganges delta, Bangladesh
WORLD’S LARGEST ARCHIPELAGO:Indonesia, 3,231 mi., 17,000 islands
HUGE TSUNAMI:Java and Sumatra, 1883, 120-ft.-highwave
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: InterpretingMaps and Visuals1. Location • What mountain range lies in the north
of India?2. Place • Which two rivers form the Ganges delta?
Precipitation in Southern Asia
Southern Asia–United States Landmass and Population
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New Guinea
Quezon City
Ho ChiMinh City
Davao
Medan
Palembang
Surabaya
SemarangBandung
Islamabad
LahoreRawalpindi
Kabul
Faisalabad
KathmanduNew Delhi
Kolkata(Calcutta) Chittagong
Bangalore
Mumbai(Bombay)
Thimphu
Kanpur
Lucknow
Varanasi
Delhi
Jaipur
HyderabadKarachi
Ahmadabad
Surat
Hyderabad
Nagpur
Pune
Chennai(Madras)
Vijayawada
Dhaka
Male
Colombo
Vientiane
Singapore
Bandar SeriBegawan
Jakarta
Manila
PhnomPenh
KualaLumpur
Yangon
Bangkok
Hanoi
0° Equator
20°N
20°S
80°E 100°E 120°E
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Ganges R.
Brahmaputra R.
Indu
s R .
Narmada R.
Godavari R.Krishna R.
Mekong
R.
Salw
een
R.
Irrawaddy
R.
Red R.ArabianSea
PhilippineSea
Gulf ofKhambhat
Bay ofBengal
INDIAN OCEANL
accadive
Sea
Andam
anSea
Gulf ofMannar
Palk StraitLakshadweep Is.(Ind.)
AndamanIs. (Ind.)
NicobarIs. (Ind.)
Bo
rn
eo
Timor
Luzon
Mindanao
Sulawesi
Sumatra
Java
Gulf ofTonkin
Java Sea
SuluSea
CelebesSea
Banda SeaFlores Sea
Gulf ofThailand
Arafura Sea
Timor Sea
Luzo
n Strait
S o ut h
Ch
i na
Se
a
Strait of Malacca
PACIFICOCEAN
INDIA
PAKISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
AFGHANISTAN
NEPAL
SRI LANKA
MALDIVES
MYANMAR
LAOS
THAILAND
CAMBODIAVIETNAM
INDIA
M A L A Y S I ASINGAPORE
PHILIPPINES
BRUNEI
I N D O N E S I A
N
National capital
Other city
0
0 500 1,000 kilometers
500 1,000 miles
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100°E80°E60°E
°
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
PACIFIC OCEAN
0
0 500 1,000 kilometers
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N
Confucianism
Christianity
Buddhism
Sunni Islam
Traditional
Sikhism
Hinduism
160°E 180°
100°E80°E60°E
°
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
PACIFIC OCEAN
0
0 500 1,000 kilometers
500 1,000 miles
Personsper
sq. mi.
Personspersq. km
Over 520260–520130–259
25–1291–24
0
Over 200100–20050–9910–491–90
N
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WORLD’S SECOND LARGESTCOUNTRY POPULATION:India, 1,002,142,000 (2000)
WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING:Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,1,483 ft.
WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF TEA:Assam, India, 1,700,000 lbs. per yr.
SINKING CITY:Bangkok, Thailand, sinking at about 3 in. per yr.
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: InterpretingMaps and Visuals1. Region • What country has the highest Hindu
population?2. Place • Which country shares borders with India
and Afghanistan?
Religions of Southern Asia
Population Density of Southern Asia
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Birthrate (per 1,000 pop.)
(2000)
CountryFlag
Country/Capital Currency Population (2001)
(estimate)
LifeExpectancy(years) (2000)
AfghanistanKabul
BangladeshDhaka
26,813,000
131,270,000
BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri
Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
IndiaNew Delhi
IndonesiaJakarta
LaosVientiane
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMale
MyanmarYangon
PakistanIslamabad
PhilippinesManila
SingaporeSingapore
2,049,000
344,000
12,492,000
1,029,991,000
228,438,000
5,636,000
22,229,000
311,000
41,995,000
25,284,000
144,617,000
82,842,000
4,300,000
46
59
66
71
56
61
64
51
73
71
54
57
58
67
78
43
27
40
25
38
27
24
41
25
35
30
36
39
29
13
Afghani
Taka
Ngultrum
Dollar
Riel
Rupee
Rupiah
Kip
Ringgit
Rufiyaa
Kyat
Rupee
Rupee
Peso
Dollar
NepalKathmandu
Data F i le
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Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)
(2000)
Doctors(per 100,000 pop.)
(1992–1999)
Literacy Rate(percentage)(1996–1999)
Map (not to scale)
Passenger Cars(per 1,000 pop.)
(1996–1999)
Total Area (square miles)
149.8
82.2
70.7
24.0
80.8
72.0
45.7
104.0
7.9
27.0
82.5
78.5
91.0
35.3
3.2
11
20
16
85
30
48
16
24
66
40
30
4
57
123
163
32
40
42(1995)
88
65(1993)
56
84
57
84
96
83
39
44
95
91
2
1
1
441
1.2
4
12
1.7
143
3
0.7
N/A
8
9
95
250,775
55,126
16,000
2,226
69,898
1,195,063
779,675
91,428
128,727
115
261,789
54,362
310,403
115,651
225
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Birthrate (per 1,000 pop.)
(2000)
CountryFlag
Country/Capital Currency Population (2000 estimate)
LifeExpectancy
(years) (2000)
Sri LankaColombo
ThailandBangkok
19,409,000
61,798,000
VietnamHanoi 79,939,000
72
73
66
18
16
20
Rupee
Baht
Dong
Data F i le
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Mohandas Gandhi �
The Shwezigon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple in Myanmar �
The Ganges River Valley �
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Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)
(2000)
Doctors(per 100,000 pop.)
(1992–1998)
Literacy Rate(percentage)(1996–1999)
Map (not to scale)
Passenger Cars(per 1,000 pop.)
(1996–1999)
Total Area (square miles)
17.3
22.4
36.7
37
24
48
91
94
94
12
25
1
25,332
198,455
130,468
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GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting a Chart1. Place • How much lower is Singapore’s birthrate than India’s?2. Region • How much higher is the literacy rate in the Philippines than
in Laos?Dancer in Rasa Lila drama in India �
Central Highlands in Sri Lanka �
Boys in Indonesia studying the Qur’an �
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