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• Rainfall: variations from over 450 inches to an inch or less; heaviest precipitation occurs on mountains in the path of prevailing winds, as in India and South-eastern Asia, while the driest areas are behind mountains, as in Western China. George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952
• Distribution of population: 'Asia's people live in the good land, and there are vast areas that offer little attraction for settlement (Data from the Great Soviet World Atlas I, 47-48) George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing . 1952
• Land forms of South Asia: the plains of India and Pakistan are chiefly in the lowlands of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys; most of the peninsula is hilly, while mountains enclose the north. George . Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952.
• Areas in which the three major food crops and the principal commercial fibres are grown: rice, wheat and the grain sorghums (chiefly jowar) are the major food crops; jute in the east and cotton in the west are the principal commercial fibres. (Based on Van Valkenburg, Economic Geography). George . Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952.
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