1 & 2-South Asia-Landforms & Resources-Climate & Vegetation

These serve as a natural border between India and its neighboring countries. 

• Indo-Gangetic Plain and Deccan Plateau
• Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
• Himalaya Mountains

• Sundarbans and Rann of Kutch

When the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate, creating the Himalayan Mountains. Name the geographic, physical event.

• Earthquake
• Volcanic eruption
• Tectonic Force

• Tectonic drift

____?____ is the world’s tallest peak found in the Himalayan Mountains.

• Mt. Fuji

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• K2

The three great rivers of South Asia are?

• •Indus River

  •Ganges River

  •Brahmaputra Rivers

• •Nile River

  •Congo River

  •Niger Rivers

• •Volga River

  •Moskva River

  •Neva Rivers

• Mississippi River

  Missouri River

  Colorado River

Atolls?

• low lying submerged mountains, surrounded by corral reefs and shallow lagoons.

• low lying submerged hills, surrounded by corral reefs and shallow lagoons.

• low lying submerged volcanoes, surrounded by corral reefs and shallow lagoons.

• High mega volcanoes, which are surrounded by corral reefs and shallow lagoons.

Summer Monsoon

• Northwest wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

• Southwest wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

• Southeast wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

• Northeast wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

Winter Monsoon

• Northeast wind = Dry Winds

• Northeast wind = Wet Winds

• Northeast wind = Cold Winds

• Northeast wind =

  Icy Winds

Cyclone

• is a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy snow that bring flooding, destruction, and death.

• is a calm storm with mild winds and light rain that bring must needed water.

• is a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain that bring flooding, destruction, and death.

• is a mild storm with mild winds and mild rain that bring some flooding.

Delta

• is a landform where the mouth of a river flows into an ocean, sea, desert, estuary, lake or another river.

• is a landform where the mouth of a river flows into a dry lake, sea, desert, estuary, lake or another river.

• is a landform where the mouth of a river flows into an volcano.

• is a landform where river flows into an ocean, sea, desert, estuary, lake or another river that causes flooding in other countries.

The Himalayan Mountains also influence and contribute to the creation of this type of weather event during different seasons.

• Tropical weather
• Arctic weather
• Monsoon weather
• Desert weather