Geographical Influence of India

By Tommy Edited By Mohamed

Brahmaputra River It begins from the Himalayas

The water in river is clear and cold and a great source to drink from

It gets slower and deeper as it moves to the valley making it easy to collect water

In Summer, monsoon rains add more water to the river

It meets another river, the Ganges at last

The land where two rivers meet, is good for farming and they farmed in the area

It is one of the major rivers of Asia

The name of river means ‘son of Brahma” in Sanskrit

It is about 1800 miles (2900km)

Deccan Plateau Triangular-shaped place between two mountain ranges

It has different kinds of lands

One of the large plateaus in India

It has rocks that were from 600 million years ago

It is quite dry and the monsoon rains gives most of the water

There are three types of soil : Black, Yellow, Red

Black soil contains a lot of iron and it is good for growing cotton

The yellow and red soils are lack of some minerals

Some farmers have hard time growing plants in the yellow and red soils so it isn’t an ideal spot for farming

Ganges River

One of the major rivers of the Indian Subcontinent

It is 1560 miles (2510km)

It is decided as India’s National River

It starts from Himalayas

It contains some of the most fertile farmland in the world

It can flood and kill the crops when it is rainy season

It has a good water supply because of melting ice

The river receives about 25~60 inches of rain a year

Himalaya Mountains

It is located on the northern border of India

They are the highest mountain range in the world

It is about 5 and a half miles tall

The name of mountains mean “home of snows”

The peaks are always covered with ice and snow

Mountain Everest and K-2 are part of Himalaya mountains

It gets slightly taller every year

It causes earthquakes and landslides common in the area

Some of the major rivers in the world starts in the Himalayas

Indus River This river also begins from the Himalaya mountains

The water is provided from the melting snow and ice

Many types of fish live in the river and are good to eat

People catch fish and shrimps to sell and eat

It has one of the best farmland in the world

The river is often compared to the Nile river because both of them are important source of water

It is about 1976miles (3180km)

The land beside the river is fertile

The name of the river means “lion river”

Thar Desert

The Thar Desert is located in northern India

It is mostly made of sand and stone

The heat is sometimes unbearable

There are barely plants growing in the area

Rain is rare in the desert

Dusty storms and sand storms occur often

Water is unique and precious in Thar desert

There are a lot of animals and birds witch made good game

There are about 45 types of lizards and snakes

Kush Mountains

They acted as a barrier between India and Afghanistan

Some of the peaks are 5 miles high

Most of them are unlivable

There is a Khyber pass and it is 28 miles long

It connects central Asia to India

Traders used this pass for thousands of years but unfortunately their enemies did so to invade the Indus valley

Also it is one of the highest mountain range in the world

Steep slopes and peaks are always covered with snow and ice

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