South Asia: Geography and Human Environment Interaction – Flashcards
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Urbanization
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The movement of people from rural areas, to urban areas.
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Drought
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A long period of time where there is little or no rain.
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Irrigation
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Artificial application of water to land
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Agriculture
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Cultivation or production of plants and animals for human use
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Ganges River
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The sacred river of hinduism and the most revered river in the world. Its also one of the most polluted rivers in the world.
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Indus River
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One of the worlds longest rivers. Birthplace of one of the most important early civilizations. Vital to Pakistan.
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Summer Monsoon
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Monsoon where warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean blows inland. When it reaches the mountains, it cools and rain falls.
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Winter Monsoon
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Monsoon where cool, dry winds blow from the mountains across South Asia.
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India
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Located in Southeast Asia, its one of the most populated countries in the world, with over a billion living there.
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Deforestation
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The large scale clearing of trees by humans who clear the land for growing crops, grazing livestock, or cutting the trees for wood
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Desertification
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The process in which dry or semiarid regions become dryer and less productive, creating conditions like a deserts.
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Pakistan
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Located next to India and has one of the worlds longest rivers, the Indus River
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Human/Environment Interaction
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Refers to all the ways that the environment affects people and all the ways that people affect the environment.
