GEOG 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sunda Plate, Tibetan Plateau, Indian Plate
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Understand how geographic units in a region interact. Peat swamp fires from borneo, indonesia pollution moved over to singapore. The fires have been happening for a long time due to the indonesian farmers" traditional use of burning forests down (swidden) for agriculture. Indian (subcontinent) indo-australian tectonic plate has been colliding into the. Tectonic plate includes: indian subcontinent, indian ocean, papua new. Indian plate diving underneath tectonic plate of se asia (sunda plate) = subduction zone. Eastern and western sides of indo-australian tectonic plate that form mountains (crumble zones) Zomia (highland space) vs. lowland empires of south/se asia (all in irrawaddy. Rice cropland = very dense and high in calories for consumption. Angkor wat (lowland empire) = state space. Highly ordered civilization built around hydrology of the region. Requires manpower to dig/manipulate landscape to move water around for agriculture. Water tanks built up from the land (on higher elevations) Organized by techno-political bureaucracy (and coercive military)
