Today’s Schedule – 4/11 • Turn in Unit 8 Maps • CNN Student News – 24.2 Vocab Check • 24.2 Lecture: Climate & Vegetation of South Asia • HW : – Read 24.3 – Complete 24.3 Vocab – Have a WONDERFUL Easter break!
Jan 19, 2016
Today’s Schedule – 4/11
• Turn in Unit 8 Maps• CNN Student News– 24.2 Vocab Check
• 24.2 Lecture: Climate & Vegetation of South Asia• HW:– Read 24.3– Complete 24.3 Vocab– Have a WONDERFUL Easter break!
CLIMATE
India’s climate varies from highland in the mountains
To tropical humid in the southwest.
MonsoonsMonsoons strongly impact
India’s climate.
The wet summer monsoon usually begins in June
Some areas receive more than 400 inches of rain per year.
The winter monsoon is warm and dry
And usually lasts from November into March.
VEGETATION
Vegetation
• India: Predominantly tropical grasslands• Pakistan: Desert• Perimeter Countries: Forest
BIOLOGY
India has a wide range of biological life, including:
ElephantsTigersMonkeysMore than 1200
bird speciesNearly 400 snake
species