Welcome to India!
WAR:
1) Write in agenda for the week
2) Write vocabulary terms for ch. 5, Section 1:
subcontinent, monsoon, sanskrit,
Make a map key underneath your map
on the WOW continued side of your
ISN and label and color the features as
follows as we discuss each feature:
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Brahmaputra River – light blue
Ganges River – dark blue
Deccan Plateau – green
Western Ghats – purple
Eastern Ghats – orange
Himalayas – gray
• Thar Desert – pink
• Indus River – turquoise
• Hindu Kush - fuschia
Brahmaputra River
• Starts in the Himalayas
• Monsoons add water to
the valley part of the
river
• Floods slightly and
leaves rich soil behind
• Joins with the Ganges
River and land is fertile
here
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Brahmaputra River
Deccan Plateau
• Area between 2 mountain
ranges
• Elevated, flat area of land
• Has flat, rocky sections
• Also has hillier parts with
thin forests
• Dry with few rivers
• Monsoons provide most
of water, soil good for
cotton
Eastern and Western Ghats
• Mountain chains near
coasts of India
• Deccan Plateau sits in
between
• Steep slopes, narrow
valleys, thick forests,
heavy rains
• Wet climate
• Rivers rarely flood and
are dangerous
Eastern and Western Ghats
Ganges River
• Flows across North India
• Starts in Himalayas
• Carries sediments to
plains, making it very
fertile
• Water supply comes from
melting ice and snow
• Dangerous flooding can
occur and destroy crops
Himalaya Mountains
• Located on India’s
northern border
• Mount Everest is here
• “Home of snows”
• Water from the glaciers
feed the rivers
• Earthquakes and
landslides are common
Himalayas
• Mt. Everest goes 5 ½
miles into the sky and
10 feet of snow can fall
on the area at one time!
Mt. Everest grows a
little more each year
due to the earth’s
movement.
Hindu Kush Mountains
• Form border between
India and Afghanistan
• Not as tall as Himalayas
• Many parts are
unlivable
• Khyber Pass connects
Asia to India, which
trader and invaders
used.
Hindu Kush Moutains
Indus River
• Begins in Himalayas
• Gets water from
melting snow from
Hindu Kush mountains
• Flows through Pakistan
and empties into
Arabian Sea
• Carries sediments and
makes soil fertile
Thar Desert
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In northern India
Mostly sand and stone
Little plant life and very hot
No rivers
Dust storms common