Boom, knowlage PROFESSOR: Hi. I'm Mr. Whitehead, and welcome to Climates and Ecosystems in South and Southeast Asia, section one. So why is this house on stilts? Well, good question you might ask. In India and Southeast Asia, many houses have stilts to avoid water from summer monsoons. Those are heavy, heavy rains.
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In this lesson, we'll learn more about monsoons and how people of this area of the world have learned how to deal with them. So our objectives are to identify and locate the major climate regions of South and Southeast Asia, to locate the ecosystems of South and Southeast Asia and identify examples of native plants and animal life, and to explore the effects of Southeast Asia's climates on its
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populations. In this section, we're going to identify and locate the major climate regions of South and Southeast Asia and locate the ecosystems of South and Southeast Asia and identify examples of native plants and animal life. So let's take a look at the climate regions of South Asia. So the climate regions include dry climates. These are semi-arid and arid climates that are found in
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western and northern India. They include tropical climates, which are tropical wet and tropical wet and dry climates, which are found in south and south central India and in Sri Lanka. And there are moderate climates, which are humid subtropical climates, which are found in north and central India. And lastly, there are polar climates or highland climates,
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which are found in the Himalayan mountains of far northern India. When we look at the climate regions of South Asia, these climate regions include tropical climates. The tropical wet climates are found in the peninsula of Malaysia and in the islands of Indonesia, as well as in the islands of the Philippines. The tropical wet and dry climates are found in the
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regions of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar. And the second set of climates are the moderate climates. And these are the humid subtropical climates, which are found in the northern reaches of Vietnam and in Myanmar. And the third set of climates are the polar climates or highland climates. And these are found in the mountains of Borneo, the
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mountains of New Guinea, and in the southern tip of the Himalayan mountains. So what is a tropical wet and dry climate? Well, a tropical wet and dry climate is a type of tropical climate that is found in regions close to the equator. It has warm temperatures, thus hot weather. And the monsoons bring changes to weather patterns in these regions.
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The summer monsoons blow inland from the ocean, bringing moist air and heavy rain. And the winter monsoons bring dry air from Central Asia, and thus very little rain. So the grassland ecosystem. The tropical savannas of South Asia are found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. The Indian subcontinent is home to many animals, such as
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Bengal tigers, one-horned rhinos, and pygmy hogs. And the plants here are unusual. Elephant grass is the tallest in the world and grows to more than 20 feet in height. There are also few trees in this region. The decision forest ecosystems include the monsoon forests of the Indochinese Peninsula, located in Laos, Burma, or Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.