Notes

section 1-------------------------------------
1-location, maldives distance,
2-Nepal four geographic zones,Kathmandu located,Tarai plain,Himalaya ranges,Mount Everest,Churia and Mahabharat,
3-Bhutan four geographic zones,dwars,Duars Plain ,Black Mountain,Sri Lanka two regions,Central Highlands,plain,Mount Pidurutalagala,lagoons,ridges,tea,rubber,rice
4-maldives,atolls,coral reef formation,size of islands,
5-rivers,Baghmati, the Kosi, the Gandak,Karnali,Torsa, the Raidak, the Sankosh, and the Manas,Mahaweli,waterfalls,aquifers for maldives,cyclones
6-earthquakes, tsunamis,sea levels may rise ,monsoons,Nepal and Bhutan 4 climates,
7-Vegetation ,animals,Maldives climate,veg,ani,Sri Lanka climate,ani,veg,nepal hydroelectric,minerals,forests,
8-Bhutan hydroelectricity,Chhukha ,transportation difficult mineral,forest conserve,sri lanka graphite,stones,tourist,maldives cowrie shells,Tourism and fishing
section 2-------------------------------------
1-Bhutan history ,lamas,Gyatso ,Wangchuck ,buddhism,isolation ,hindus protest,constitutional monarchy,
2-Nepal history,Narayan Shah,Gurkhas,government party rivalries,Communist Mao,Maldives groups,buddhist muslim dutch brit,sri lanka Sinhalese and Tamil
3-sri lanka eu groups,port dutch brit,economy,Ceylon,govt,civil war,Nepal population geo,
4-Bhutan pop,Nepalese ancestry,illegal,nepal refugees,Sri Lanka pop and cities,tourist resorts,male,maldives inhabited islands,300,000 people,
5-Nepal ethnic,religion,buddhism,language,About four out of every five people live and work in rural areas, mantras,
6-Bhote,tibetan buddhism,language ,stupas,dzongs,education,one-third of Bhutan’s people live in cities,sri lanka ethnic,language,religion,independent tamil state,Maldive people and language,
7-Family and the Status of Women
8-women,Arts ,Michael Ondaatje,English Patient,Dance ,
9-SAARC,terracing ,crops,3/4ths of workforce in agriculture and herding,crops,exports,fish,mines,hydroelectricity,
10-Tourism
section 3-------------------------------------
2-obstacles to development,buddhism advantages,Gross National Happiness by wangchuck,
3-forests ,resources,maldives ban
4-deforestation ,clear-cutting, woodstoves,Sri Lanka rainforest and mangrove loss and effects,Soil erosion,
5-wildlife,soil erosion effects,extracted coral in maldives,
6-Maldives warming coral algae bad,coral bleaching,
7-bhutan enviornment help and constitution,Organic farming,conference,Nepal foriegn aid,Central Environmental Authority,Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources,sri lanka efforts,
8-maldives carbon emission,Climate Change Trust Fund ,