SOUTH ASIA

COUNTRIES

• India
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Maldives
• Bhutan
• Bangladesh
• Pakistan

LANGUAGE

• 80% of the population speaks Indo European languages throughout South Asia
• 18% is the Dravidian languages in the four states of India (Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu) and in the north of Sri Lanka.
• 1.2% is Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in Bhutan,Nepal and Ladakh
• 0.8%, Austro-Asiatic languages spoken in some of the parts in Indian center and northeast

INDIA

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• Population: 1.3 billion
• Gov. Type: Parliamentary
• Prime Minister: Narendra Modi ( 2014-)
• Global Ranking: 123
• Regional Ranking : 25

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• Economic Growth: 7.2% per year
• Unemployment: 3.6%
• Religion: Hinduism, Islam

NEPAL

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• Population: 28.1 million
• Gov. Type: Democracy
• President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari (2015-)
• Economic growth:5.1% per year
• Global Ranking: 151
• Regional Ranking: 34

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• Unemployment Rate: 3%
• Religion: Hinduism, Islam, Kirant (indegenous religion)

SRI LANKA

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• Population: 20.48million
• Gov. Type: Democracy
• President: Maithripala Sirisena( 2015-)
• Global Ranking: 93
• Regional Ranking: 17

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• Economic Growth: 6.22% per year
• Unemployment Rate: 4.2%
• Religion: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity

MALDIVES

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• Population: 345 thousand
• Gov. Type: Parliamentary
• Prime Minister: Nawaz Sharif
• Global Ranking: 54
• Regional Ranking: 28

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• Economic Growth: 4.4% per year
• Unemployment Rate: 5.9%
• Religion:Islam

BHUTAN

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• Population: 782 thousand
• Gov. Type: Monarchy
• King: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wingchuck
• Global Ranking: 97
• Regional Ranking: 20

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• Economic Growth: 5.50% per year
• Unemployment Rate: 2.60%
• Religion: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Animism

BANGLADESH

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• Population: 156.6 million
• Gov. Type: Democracy
• President: Sheikh Hasina(2009-)
• Global Ranking: 137
• Regional Ranking:29

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• Economic Growth:6% per year
• Unemployment Rate: 5.2%
• Religion: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity

PAKISTAN

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• Population: 182.1 million
• Gov. Type: Parliamentary
• Prime Minister: Nawaz Shariff
• Global Ranking: 126
• Regional Ranking: 26

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• Economic Growth: 4.4%
• Unemployment Rate: 5.9%
• Religion: Islam

MAJOR LAND BOUNDRIES

• Himalayas
• Karakoram
• Indo-Gangetic plain

HIMALAYAS

• Has the highest mountains
• Means "House of Snow"
• Blocks cold winds from the North
• Separates India from Nepal and Bhutan
• Spans approx. 1500mi(2400 km)
• Passes the nations of India, Pakistan, Afganistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal
• Highest point is the Everest(29,029ft/ 8848m)

KARAKORUM

• Mountain Range
• Extension of the Himalayas
• To the northwest of the Himalayas
• Highest Elevation: Mt. Godwin Austen( 28,251ft/8611m)- second highest point in the world
• 80,000 sq.miles(207,000 sq.km)
• Passes through the nations of Pakistan, India and China
• A.k.a K2. K stands for Karakorum and 2 stands for the 2nd highest point

INDO-GANGETIC PLAIN

• A.k.a Indus Ganga and North Indian Rivers plain
• Most fertile and productive plain in South Asia
• Irrigated by the Indus, Ganges and Brahamaputra river
• Passes through Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
• 255 million hectares

MAJOR WATER SYSTEMS

• Indus River
• Ganges River
• Brahamaputra River

INDUS RIVER

• One of the longest rivers in Asia
• 2000mi (3200 km)
• 450,000 sq.mi(1,165,000 sq.km)
• Crosses the Himalayas and the Karakoram Mountain Range.
• Starts at the Mansarovar Lake at the Tibetan Plateau
• Pakistan gets most of its water supply from here.
• Is a source of several other rivers.

GANGES RIVER

• Flows along the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal
• Holy site for the Hindus and bathing in it was a ritual
• Flows through India and Bangladesh
• Is mentioned in the Mahabharata, an epic
• A holy place in Hindu mythology/ Hinduism
• 1560 mi (2510 km)
• Flows through the Indo-Gangetic plain
• Source of life for different civilizations throughout history

BRAHAMAPUTRA RIVER

• A.k.a Tsangpo-Brahamaputra
• 1800 mi (2900km)
• Crosses the Himalayas, Tibet, China, and India
• Joins with the Ganges River.
• Its lower course is sacred to the Hindus
• Heavily used for transporting agricultural products