a) How do physical features, climate and elevation relate to each other?
Physical features, climate and elevation are all linked to each other very closely, and I have learnt that through this unit, through examples. I will talk about the geography of India. Along India's nothern border stands a tall mountain range, Himalayas. Himalayas are at a very high altitude, causing the climate to be very cold and very harsh. But, since the elevation of the mountains is so big, the Himalays block the cold, northern winds from reaching central India, causing the climate to be quite warm, in central and southern India. The Thar desert is at a very low altitude, and the temperatures vary quite a bit, meaning that during the day, it is very warm and dry, while nights can be below freezing! The thar desert is one of the driest places on Earth, where precipitation doesn't occur often. India is also made up of it's many rivers, which start at the tall peaks of Hindu Kush and Himalayas, roll down the hills, and into the valleys. The valleys of Indus and Ganges Rivers are quite rich in fertile soil, which is being deposited along the rivers' banks. One of the events that happen anually in the Indian climate are the monsoon. Winter monsoon are quite dry, but in the summer, the winds from the south pick up the moisture from the sea, carrying it to India, and causing havey rainfall and flooding.
b) What conclusions can you draw?
(Think about natural resources, climate/weather, and human settlement.)
In terms of human settlement, I think that in ancient times, and nowadays, people tend to settle in areas where they can easily accustom to. This means that people settle in places where there are a lot of natural resources, where the climate is not that harsh, and where the terrain/physical features are not that demanding. That is why a lot of people of the ancient Indus civilization tended to settle along the banks of India's rivers. There are a few reasons for that. Firstly, the land was very good for farming, because of the sediment that was deposited along the banks. Also, from the rivers, people could get many resources, including fish, and other plants. Also, back then, people didn't have the technology or the resources to be able to survive in the Himalayas or the Thar desert. Even nowasays, when India is an extremely crowded country, people tend to live along the coastline of India, as well as near the rivers, but the desert and the mountains are hardly populated.
Physical features, climate and elevation are all linked to each other very closely, and I have learnt that through this unit, through examples. I will talk about the geography of India. Along India's nothern border stands a tall mountain range, Himalayas. Himalayas are at a very high altitude, causing the climate to be very cold and very harsh. But, since the elevation of the mountains is so big, the Himalays block the cold, northern winds from reaching central India, causing the climate to be quite warm, in central and southern India. The Thar desert is at a very low altitude, and the temperatures vary quite a bit, meaning that during the day, it is very warm and dry, while nights can be below freezing! The thar desert is one of the driest places on Earth, where precipitation doesn't occur often. India is also made up of it's many rivers, which start at the tall peaks of Hindu Kush and Himalayas, roll down the hills, and into the valleys. The valleys of Indus and Ganges Rivers are quite rich in fertile soil, which is being deposited along the rivers' banks. One of the events that happen anually in the Indian climate are the monsoon. Winter monsoon are quite dry, but in the summer, the winds from the south pick up the moisture from the sea, carrying it to India, and causing havey rainfall and flooding.
b) What conclusions can you draw?
(Think about natural resources, climate/weather, and human settlement.)
In terms of human settlement, I think that in ancient times, and nowadays, people tend to settle in areas where they can easily accustom to. This means that people settle in places where there are a lot of natural resources, where the climate is not that harsh, and where the terrain/physical features are not that demanding. That is why a lot of people of the ancient Indus civilization tended to settle along the banks of India's rivers. There are a few reasons for that. Firstly, the land was very good for farming, because of the sediment that was deposited along the banks. Also, from the rivers, people could get many resources, including fish, and other plants. Also, back then, people didn't have the technology or the resources to be able to survive in the Himalayas or the Thar desert. Even nowasays, when India is an extremely crowded country, people tend to live along the coastline of India, as well as near the rivers, but the desert and the mountains are hardly populated.
Now day's everyone goes to one place to another place in India and foreigner also comes India then maps of India give him right address related to his requirement.
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