South Asia: Creating Dilemmas of Diversity - Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia - page 151

S H

N

AFGHANISTAN

Khyber
Pass

CHINA

(TIBET)

u a

PAKISTAN

B

Mt. Everest

BHUTAN

G a

BANGLADESH

MYANMAR

GANGES-
BRAHMAPUTRA
DELTA

INDIA

Arabian Sea

DECCAN
PLATEAU

.

Bay of
Bengal

SRI LANKA

Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

Current boundaries
Disputed boundaries of
Jammu and Kashmir

REP . OF
MALDIVES

0 250 500 mi

0 250 500 km

Figure 6-1
Landforms and waterways of South Asia. Compare this map with Figure 8-2 and note how
topography influences settlement patterns.