Mount Everest
Mount Everest is part of this larger mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
This is the country that will face the greatest danger if sea / ocean levels rise.
What are the Maldives?
Seasonal winds that impact the climate of South Asia
What are monsoons?
The name of the area between 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south.
What is/are the tropics?
Soil built up at the end of a river.
What is a delta?
These are the people who act as guides and help visitors climb Mount Everest.
What are the Sherpa?
This "tear drop" shaped nation has mountains in the center and flat area around the perimeter of the country.
What is Sri Lanka?
A normally shallow body of water located in the center of an atoll.
What is a lagoon?
This is the part of South Asia that has the coldest temperatures.
What is/are.. the mountains / norther South Asia / highland areas?
Islands that are usually circular shaped, fairly flat, and made of coral.
What is an atoll?
This is the name of the starting point for all expeditions up Mount Everest.
What is basecamp?
This country in eastern South Asia has one of the wettest climates in the world.
What is Bangladesh?
Another term for a storm with strong winds and heavy rain. Similar to both a hurricane and a typhoon.
What is a cyclone?
This is the name of the area around the Thar Desert and much of Mongolia have a dry grassland climate.
What is a steppe climate?
This is the famous trade route (a break in the Hindu Kush Mountains) that traders, travelers, and armies have used for thousands of years.
What is the Khyber Pass?
This is the amount of money that the government of Nepal charges people for permission to attempt to climb Mount Everest.
What is $11,000?
This country west of India contains the Indus River and the Thar Desert.
What is Pakistan?
The Indian Plate and the seven countries on that plate are often referred to by this term.
What is a subcontinent?
This aera in Central South Asia has a tropical dry climate - it is flat, elevated, and located between the Eastern and Western Ghats.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
This is the nickname given to one of India's largest and most important rivers (polluted too).
What is "Mother Ganges?"
This is the number of climbers that have died on Mount Everest in the last 75 years.
What is 340?
These are the two countries that Mount Everest are in.
What are China and Nepal?
Term that refers to the top of a mountain.
What is the summit?
This is the geographical term to describe the occurrence when a mountain blocks rain from moving farther inland. It explains why western China is a desert.
What is a rainshadow?
This is the name of the desert that is near the Indus River in Pakistan.
What is the Thar Desert?