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A strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
What is a monsoon?
A flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it.
What is a plateau?
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
This mountain range is home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest
What are the Himalayas?
This river joins the Brahmaputra River on the plains.
What is the Ganges River?
The meaning of this name is “home of snows”.
What is Himalaya?
This peak reaches about five and a half miles into the sky.
What is Mount Everest?
The soil on the plateau is described with these three colors.
What is black, yellow, or red?
The Deccan plateau receives most of its water from this source.
What are monsoon rains?
This area contains some of the best farmland in the world.
What is the Indus River valley?
These are long mountain chains near the coasts of India.
What are the Eastern & Western Ghats?
This is the main source of water in the Indus River.
What is melting snow?
This is a massive desert in northern India.
What is the Thar Desert?
This pass connects Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent.
What is the Khyber Pass?
These animals are perfect for traveling through the Thar Desert.
What are camels?
These mountains form a rugged barrier between the Indus River valley and Afghanistan.
What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?
The Indus River empties into this sea.
What is the Arabian Sea?
The first known settlements in ancient India were in this valley.
What is the Indus River valley?
This mountain peak rises slightly every year due to constant movement of the earth beneath it.
What is Mount Everest?
The Himalaya Mountains divide India from this major continent giving it the description of being a subcontinent.
What is Asia?
This river runs through the steep Himalayas along the northern border of India.
What is the Brahmaputra River?
This plateau lies between two mountain ranges in southern India and is fairly dry.
What is the Deccan plateau?
On the Deccan plateau, this color of soil is rich in iron and good for growing cotton, cereals, and oilseeds.
What is "black" soil?
These two colors of soil lack key minerals, making it harder for farmers to grow plants in those areas.
What are yellow and red soil?
From above, these two mountain ranges form a large “V” around the Deccan Plateau.
What are the Eastern & Western Ghats?