South Asia: Geography and Human Environment Interaction

The movement of people from rural areas, to urban areas.

A long period of time where there is little or no rain.

Artificial application of water to land

Cultivation or production of plants and animals for human use

The sacred river of hinduism and the most revered river in the world. Its also one of the most polluted rivers in the world.

One of the worlds longest rivers. Birthplace of one of the most important early civilizations. Vital to Pakistan.

Monsoon where warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean blows inland. When it reaches the mountains, it cools and rain falls.

Monsoon where cool, dry winds blow from the mountains across South Asia.

Located in Southeast Asia, its one of the most populated countries in the world, with over a billion living there.

The large scale clearing of trees by humans who clear the land for growing crops, grazing livestock, or cutting the trees for wood

The process in which dry or semiarid regions become dryer and less productive, creating conditions like a deserts.

Located next to India and has one of the worlds longest rivers, the Indus River

Refers to all the ways that the environment affects people and all the ways that people affect the environment.