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Do Now. How do people in South Florida deal with different extreme weather. Chapter 23 section 2. Climate and Vegetation. Places to Locate. Bay of Bangal : Have ebony trees, lush vines and orchids. Places to Locate. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 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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