GEOG 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Eastern Ghats, Thar Desert, Indus River
19 Nov 2016
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1. 562 billion people (textbook: prb (cid:862) outh central(cid:863) 1. 9 billion people. Can the region provide for itself and if so how long: wide spread poverty, continued population growth, green revolution. Nuclear armed states that have fought and continue to fight territorial wars with each other. India subcontinent (different tectonic plate: himalayas and tibet north, west mountain/deserts, east- mountain/forest, barrier to contact and communication. Indian ocean: arabian sea, bay of bengal, tropical storms. Monsoon climate: driver for agriculture, lifestyle survival. Western and eastern ghats: edge of plateau and narrow coastal plain. Undarbans/(cid:863)mouth of the ganges(cid:863: difficult to develop, preserved forests, one of the last refuges for bengal tigers. Bay of bengal: tropical cyclones (hurricanes, low lying flat area (flood plain of 2 rivers, severe flooding. Civilizations: older: indus river and rann of kutch, ganges river (religious hearth) Initial interaction was not direct rule of india: complex, protectors.
