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The Himalayas:
•Mountain range in Asia
•Separate the Indian subcontinent from Asia
•Planet’s highest and home to all fourteen of the
world’s highest peaks
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The Himalayas:
•The Himalaya range runs for about 1490 miles
and the width varies between 155-190 miles
•Source of three of the world’s major river systems,
the Indus Basin, the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin,
and the Yangtze Basin
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The mountains of the Hindu Kush:
• Western end of the Himalaya range
• Lessen in height as they stretch westward
• Numerous high passes cross the
mountains :
-caravan trade
-invasion route onto the subcontinent
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The Deccan plateau:
•Large triangular plateau
•Flanked by the Eastern and Western Ghats
•Covers a total area of 735,000 square miles
•Region is mostly semi-arid
•Climate ranges from hot summers to mild
winters.
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The Indus River:
•Source water is in the Tibetan plateau
•Flows in a southern direction into the
Arabian Sea near the city of Karachi
•Length of the river is 1988 miles
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Indus River Civilization:
•Major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization date
back to around 3300 BC
•Some of the largest cities of the ancient world
•Over 1,052 cities and settlements have been
found
•Major urban centers of Harappa and Mohenjo-
daro
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The Ganges River:
•River of northern India and Bangladesh
•Long history of reverence and is worshipped by
Hindus as a goddess. It is often called the 'holy
Ganga‘
•Length of the river is about 1,557 miles
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The Ganges River:
•Forms a large and fertile basin stretching across
north India and Bangladesh
•Supports one of the highest densities of human
population in the world, about one in every 12
people on earth
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The Northern Plains:
•large floodplains of the Indus and the Ganges
river systems
•Run parallel to the Himalaya mountains
•Area of 270,000 square miles and vary in width
through their length by a 100 – 150 miles
•World's largest area formed by silt deposited by
numerous rivers
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The Northern Plains:
•Plains are flat and mostly treeless rich in ground
water sources
•One of the world's most heavily farmed areas
•Rank among the world's most densely populated
areas
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The Bay of Bengal:
•Forms the northeastern part of the Indian
Ocean
•Resembles a triangle in shape
•Connected India to trade routes to the east
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The Arabian Sea:
•region of the Indian Ocean
•Ocean trade routes linked the Near East with
East Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China
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Monsoon:
•Seasonal winds that
cross southern Asia
•Winter-blow hot dry
air from the northeast
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Monsoon:
•Summer-blow cooler
wet winds from the
southeast picking up
moisture from the
Indian Ocean and
bringing heavy rains
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SUMMER RAINFALL
LT. GRN 15.75 – 31.5 inches
DRK. GRN 31.5 – 63 inches
ANNUAL RAINFALL
YELLOW <= 15.75 inches
WINTER RAINFALL
BLUE >63 inches
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