- Read Wikipedia or other semi-reliable online or print source for information you need on Tibet and Pakistan's Himalaya-Karakoram state, Gilgit-Baltistan, to answer the questions below.
- Be ready to locate the rivers, cities, ranges, and border disputes named below, and be ready to delineate the outline of your chosen region, in class Thursday.
- Give me the sources and the maps and point it on the map so I can print it .
1. Name the country/ies in which the following ranges are found:
Zanskar
Churia
Siwalik
Karakoram
2. What Indian states are located primarily in the Himalaya?
3. List (and be ready to locate) three border disputes of geopolitical importance.
4. List (and be ready to locate) the 4 largest cities in the Himalaya.
5. What countries are part of the watersheds of these rivers:
Indus
Tsangpo/Bramaputra
Ganges
Mekong
Yellow River
6. List these sub-regions of the Himalaya in order if INCREASING aridity:
Himachal Pradesh
Nepal
Bhutan
Arunachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Gilgit-Baltistan
Uttaranchal
Tibetan Plateau
Sikkim
Gilgit-Baltistan
7. What is the estimated total population of the Himalayan region?
8. What region did you identify as the one that interests you most, and why?