Transcript Writing Prompt 4/21/08

Writing Prompt 4/28/08
Thinking about pictures used on your
photo story do you consider India to
be a wealthy country?
India’s Physical Geography
• 3 Main landform
regions
• 1. Himalayas
• 2. Gangetic Plain
• 3. Deccan
Himalayas
• Run along India’s
northern border
• Home to Mt. Everest
Gangetic Plain
• South of the
Himalayas
• Stretches 1500 miles
• ½ of India’s
population lives here
Deccan
• Most of the area is
plateau, divided by
hills and valleys
• Edges are defined by
Eastern Ghats and
Western Ghats
Ganges
• Begins in Southern
slopes of Himalayas
• Hindus consider it
sacred and call it
“Mother River”
• It leaves rich silt in
Gangetic Plain making
it the farming
heartland
Climate Types
• Himalayas have
highland climates with
snow and glaciers
• Near Pakistan is hot
and dry year-round
• Farther south Tropical
Climates and Steppe
• Monsoons are
important to farmers
• If come too early or
too late food
production suffers
Resources
• Most of India’s people
work in agriculture
• Cash crops= cashew
nuts, cotton, spices,
and sugarcane
• Gemstones are
valuable export
• Teak-one of most
valuable types of
wood