South Asia - Geography

A large landmass that is georgraphically set off from the larger continent

• Subcontinent

• Alluvial Plains

• Atoll

• Deccan Plateau

Area of fertile soil desposited by floodwaters

• Subcontinent

• Alluvial Plain

• Atoll

• Himalays

small ring-shaped island formed when coral builds up around the edges of an ancient, underwater volcano

• subcontinent

• alluvial plains

• atoll

• Hindu Kush Mountains

A mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

• Atoll

• Hindu Kush Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains

• Alluvial Plains

500 mile long mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas

• Krishna River

• Ganges Rivers

• Himalaya Mountains

• Hindu Kush Mountains

Earth's highest mountain, above sea level in the

Himalayan Mountain Rage

• Mount Everest

• Alluvial Plain

• Sahara Dessert

• Mount Kilamajaro

Sacred body of water to Hindus that begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and empties out into the Bay of Bengal.

• Indus River

• Nile River

• Bay of Bengal

• Ganges River

large plateau that covers most of South India

• Tibetan Plateau

• Colorado Plateau

• Deccan Plateau

• Ethiopian Plateau

What are the two bodies of water in the Indian Ocean that are either side of India?

• Mississippi River & Nile River

• Arabian Sea &

  Bay of Bengal

• Krisna River

  & Lake Heron

• Indus River &

  Ganges River

The Himalaya mountain ranges form a physical barrier between

South Asia and other parts of Asia.

What was the name of the pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

• Fast Trac

• Khyber Pass

• Siberian Pass

• Siskiyou Pass