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Chapter 23 section 2Climate and Vegetation

Places to LocateBay of Bangal: Have ebony trees, lush vines and orchids

Places to LocateSundarbans: a swampy area in Southwestern Bangladesh and Northern eastern coast of India. Worlds largest protected mangrove forest

Places to LocateThar Desert: Lies East of the Indus River,Livestock graze in some areas, and irrigation makes it possible to grow some wheat near the river, but much it is sandy and empty.

Climate Region

Climate Conditions Natural Vegetation

Tropical Hot & Wet or Hot and Dry Rainforest, grassland, dry evergreen & moist deciduous forest, mangroves

Dry Arid, Hot Desert scrub, low thorny trees and grasses

MidlatitudeHighland

Humid subtropical to Cold (up in the Himalaya’s

Dry evergreens, mixed forests, coniferous & hardwood trees, grasslands, & bamboo trees

Climate Region Chart pg. 597-598

Weather PatternsCyclones: The same as Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, produce high heavy winds and heavy rains

Weather PatternsTsunamis: huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes

Weather PatternsMonsoons: Seasonal winds that help South Asia have three distinct seasons.In the Hot season, air across South Asia is heated and becomes unstable, It causes a change in wind direction which brings monsoon rains

You tube video Monsoon Delay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtrG4Sr-Fw

You tube Video Monsoon floods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOdahj8lqQ

Youtube Video Tsunamis Sri Lanka resorthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o56F7PXDk4E Cyclone in India http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9kf7-sL

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