India Geography

This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.

• Deccan Plateau
• Mount Everest
• Himalayas 
• Eastern and Western Ghats

An elevated area in south-central India used for agriculture and animal grazing.

• Subontinenet
• Indus River
• Deccan Plateau
• Mount Everest 

The tallest single mountain peak in the world.

• Mount Everest 
• Himalyas

One of two rivers that gets its source high up in the Himalayas from glaciers and snow. 

• Indus River
• Narmada River
• Godavari River

____________ bring a great deal of rainfall and destruction to India.

• Summer Monsoons
• Winter Monsoons 

A smaller part of a continent that  has different climate and geography. 

• region
• small continent 
• subcontinent 

The winter monsoon is ___________ than the summer monsoon.

• wetter
• drier
• more dangerous
• deadlier 

The ___________ borders India on its east coast.

• Arabian Sea
• Indian Ocean
• Bay of Bengal
• Pacific Ocean

The Eastern and Western Ghats are

• plateaus
• rivers
• mountain ranges
• glaciers

The Himalaya Mountains form India's northern border. What is one possible benefit of the mountains being there?

• roads for trade routes
• constant supply of water
• fertile farmland for crops
• protection from enemies