Rein Evans. Mr. Jennings. World Geography (H) 3Rd Hour

Rein Evans Mr. Jennings World Geography (H) 3rd Hour 11 April 2017 Chapter 30 Summary Brittan ruled over India calling it the British raj which is the Hindu word for empire. Through the peaceful nonviolent protest of the Indian people led by Mohandas K Gandhi India won its independence in 1947. Brian divided the country into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Buddhist monks fleeing Tibet in 800 AD. Were the first recorded ruling elite in the region of Bhutan. The lama or highest level of monks rule. Bhutan has largely been an isolationist country. Today Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy and held its first elections in 2008. Modern Nepal was founded in 1769, with the Narayan dynasty which isolated the country from the world. Nepal s†¦show more content†¦At the foot of the Himalaya lies the Gangetic Plain which is the longest Alluvial Plain in the world. This is also India s most densely populated area. Cyclones are a storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are much like hurrica nes of the Atlantic and bring torrential rains and winds up to 100 mph. Also tsunamis which is originally a Japanese teems, is a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake. One fourth of India is forest but depending on the amount of rain fall the vegetation type varies. In the heartland is the humid subtropical zone the receives up to 80 inches of rainfall a year. Generally this zone has topical evergreen and mixed evergreen deciduous forests. Northwest India receives less than 20 inches of rain in desert areas. The Vindhya and Satpura rnages divide India into northern and Southern region. Pakistan lies to the northwestern edge of the Indian subcontinent. To the North of Pakistan lies the Hindu Kush and the Kara koram ranges. Within the Karakoram range lies K2 which towers at 28,250 feet high making it the second tallest mountain in the world. The only place to pass through these mountains is the Kyber Pass in northwest pakistan along the border of Afganistan. In the eastern po rtion of the country of Pakistan is th Indus river and the subsequent Indus river valley which forms two alluvial plains, the Punjab in the north and the Sind in