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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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