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2500 bc
What is when did the early towns begin to appear in India?
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Brahmaputra River
What River runs through the steep Himalayas?
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Coasts of India
Where are the Eastern and western Ghats found?
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Rivers
The earliest known settlements in India were found along what geographic feature?
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A strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asiain the summer
What is a monsoon?
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A triangle shaped area that lies between two mountain ranges in India
What is the Deccan Plateau?
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Slower and Deeper
As the Brahmaptura River flows from the mountains into the valley, it becomes what?
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The Indus River valley
The first known settlements in ancient India were found
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Rain
During the summer in India, the monsoon brings what?
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A flat area of land that is elevated, or raised above the land around it.
What is a plateau?
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The Ganges River; fertile
What River joins with the Bramaputra River? What is the soil like here?
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Indians northern border
Where are the Himalaya mountains located
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Thar desert
In northern India is mostly sand and stone
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The northern plains
Which part of India has the most fertile farmland in the world?
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Cotton
Farmers in the Deccan Plateau use the iron rich black soil to raise what crop?
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Hindu Kush mountains
Formed a rugged barrier between the Indus River valley and afghanistan
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Mt. Everest
The worlds tallest mountain, is part of the himalayas
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A drier climate
Compared with the eastern and western Ghats, the Deccan Plateau has what?
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Pakistan
The lower Indus River flows through what is now which country?
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Khmer pass
A gap 30 miles long in the mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
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Asia
India is a subcontinent of what continent