We need to do a report about South Asia (climate, culture, location, significance of location).
This is for 1st Year High School Asian Civilization subject.
Help.
I found this in a quick google search and I added a few links below, should be a good source of info.
"The South Asia subcontinent is a region as vast in size as Europe. The major nations of the region include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Afghanistan. However, the region is dominated by the largest nation of the subcontinent, India. Me Himalayas and the Hindu Kush present a high mountain wall along the northern boundary, a mountain wall which has frequently isolated the subcontinent and had a major impact on the culture of the region. South of the mountains, the peninsular subcontinent is flanked by the Bay of Bengal on the east, the Arabian Sea on the west and the Indian Ocean on the south. Narrow coastal plains rise to the great plateau of India. The Himalayas are the source of the river system of the north - the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra which are the great water storehouse of the subcontinent. The Thar Desert, southwest of the rich Indo- Gangetic Plain, constitutes a large part of the state of Rajastan. Both the Eastern and the Western Ghats (hills) frame the Deccan Plateau, an area of agricultural productivity and and scrublands. The vegetation of the subcontinent is dependent upon the rainfall. 70% of the total working population are engaged in agriculture, primarily the subsistence type. Mineral resources are available but unevenly distributed.
With the exception of high mountain altitudes, the region is largely tropical and sub-tropical, bisected by the Tropic of Cancer. Rice, wheat, maize (corn), sugar, tea, coffee and cotton are among the chief crops of the subcontinent as well as jute and sesame seeds. The farmers have a single growing season and the success or failure of agriculture is dependent upon the monsoon. "
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