Indian Geography: Mountains and Rivers

The __________ river begins in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal.

• Krishna

• Indus

• Ganges

• Sarasvati

What desert lies along India's border with Pakistan?

• Thar

• Arabian

• Gobi

• Sahara

The ____________ were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate with the Eurasian tectonic plate.

• Tian Shan

• Ghats

• Atlas Mountains

• Himalayas

What mountain ranges defines the eastern and western edges of India's central plateau?

• Hindu Kush

• Ghats

• Himalayas

• Karakorum

Which group of people created the first urban civilization along the Indus River?

• Aryans

• Muslims

• Sumerians

• Harappans

The world's highest mountain is __________.

• Mt. Ljen

• K-2

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Ararat

The Indus Valley civilization was located in modern-day ___________.

• Nepal

• India

• Bangladesh

• Pakistan

The large __________ Plateau is located south of the Ganges Plain between the Eastern and Western Ghats.

• Bashang

• Deccan

• Dadu

• Bagua