Ancient India

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Ancient India

• Ancient History 10
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Geography of Ancient India
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Geography- Plate Tectonics

• India is entirely contained on the Indian Plate.
• A major tectonic plate that was formed when it
  split off from the ancient continent
  Gondwanaland.
• About 90 million years ago, during the late
  Cretaceous Period.

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Geography regions

• India can be divided into six physiographic
  regions.
• The Himalayan Mountains
• Northern Plains
• The Great Indian Desert
• The Peninsular Plateau
• Coastal Plains
• Islands

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Geography

• The river valleys of India were particularly
  suited for the growth of the civilization because
  they are wide, level and fertile.
• Why is this important for the growth of a
  civilization?

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Geography Brainstorm

• What are some of the important aspects of having
  a river in a valley?
• Insert response here ?
• ha, ha, ha
• There is approx. 4 important features.

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Geography

• The mountain ranges protected the civilization
  from invaders, but they also slowed the growth of
  the civilization as they make travel and trade
  difficult. Trade introduces new products, ideas
  and technologies to a region.

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India Water ways

• India has around 14,500 km of inland navigable
  waterways.
• There are twelve rivers which are classified as
  major rivers.
• All major rivers of India originate from one of
  the three main watersheds
• The Himalaya and the Karakoram ranges
• Vindhya and Satpura range in central India
• Sahyadri or Western Ghats in western India
• The Himalayan river networks are snow-fed and
  have a perennial supply throughout the year.
• The other two river systems are dependent on the
  monsoons and shrink into rivulets during the dry
  season.

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Geography

• The Indus River Valley was the home of Indias
  1st great civilization, that is as old as
  Mesopotamia.
• On a piece of paper list some of the similarities
  and differences between the geography of
  Mesopotamia and India.

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Mountains

• Himalayan range (Mt. Everest)
• Karakoram
• Patkai, or Purvanchal
• Vindhya range
• Satpura Range
• Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains
• Aravali Range
• Eastern Ghats

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Thar Desert

• Desert tribes living in the Thar Desert near
  Jaisalmer, India.
• The Thar Desert is the world's seventh largest
  desert.
• It forms a significant portion of western India
  and covers an area of about 200,000 km2 The
  desert continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan
  Desert. Most of the Thar Desert is situated in
  Rajasthan, covering 61 of its geographic area.

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Thar Desert

• About 10 percent of this region comprises sand
  dunes, and the remaining 90 percent consist of
  rock forms, compacted salt-lake bottoms, and
  inter-dunal and fixed dune areas.
• Temperatures 0C in the winter to over 50C
  during the summer.
• Rainfall in this region is between
  JulySeptember southwest monsoon that brings
  around 100500 mm of precipitation. Water is
  scarce and occurs at great depths, ranging from
  30 to 120 m below the ground level.

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Geography Comparison

• Mesopotamia/ Egypt

• India

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Complete the Map of India HandoutWhat you
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