Northern
Mountain Rim
Hindu Kush
Mtn. passesKhyber Pass
Northern Plains
Deccan Plateau
Between
Himalayas and
Southern India
Makes up most
of Southern
India
Himalayas –
1500 miles long,
highest mtn. Mt.
Everest
Ganges and
Indus River
Valleys
Sri Lanka is
mountainous and
receives much
rain
Delta:
Rough terrain
and few roads,
difficult to
farm
Sediment from
Ganges makes
for fertile
farmland,
densely
populated
Indus River
Valley is dry and
desert like,
fewer people
Mineral deposits
and forests,
Ghats
(mountains)
border east and
west
Coastal plains
fertile soil and
plenty of water,
more people
Maldives – 1200
low coral atolls
Monsoon:
Interior is not
as fertile, less
rain and hot
year round
Maldives – 300
island populated,
highest
elevation is 6 ft.
above sea level
Archipelago:
Sparsely
populated
Textbook pages 583-589
Sri Lanka and
the Maldives
Islands south
and southwest
of India
Vocabulary
Subcontinent: