Physical%20Geography%20of%20South%20Asia

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Physical Geography of South Asia

• Chapters 25 26
• Pages 554 - 601

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Himalayas

• Roof top of the world.
• Formed by the collision of tectonic plates
• Everest is the highest peak

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Everest
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Deccan Plateau

• Very old and eroded
• Newer part made up of layers of lava
• Where volcanic has weathered, irrigation is
  possible

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Eastern Western Ghats

• Low mountain ranges that form the edges of the
  Deccan Plateau
• Are on the eastern western coast of India

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Great Rivers

• Indus River flows through Pakistan
• Ganges begins in the Himalayas and flows
  through northeastern India

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Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Largest alluvial plain in the world.
• Stretches 1,500 miles across northern India

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Desert

• Thar Desert located in northwest India
  extends into Pakistan
• Arid, hot, has few residents

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India Taj Mahal
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Pakistan
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Nepal
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Mumbai, India
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Bangladesh
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The Maldives
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The Maldives
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Bhutan
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Sri Lanka