Geography of India
description
Transcript of Geography of India
![Page 1: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Geography of India
![Page 2: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
As we go through the PowerPoint…
• Label the geographic features of India on your map (#1-10)
• Answer the questions on the back of your map (highlighted in red)
![Page 3: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
India is located in Southern Asia
![Page 4: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
1- Indian Subcontinent
• Label the Indian Subcontinent on your map
• Scientists believe that Pangea broke apart into separate continents millions of years ago
• About 10 million years ago, the Indian Subcontinent and Asia collided
![Page 5: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
2 - Himalayan Mountains• The Himalayan Mountains
were created by the collision of tectonic plates– The plates are still running
into each other and the Mountain Range continues to rise
• It is the tallest mountain range in the world– The top 98 out of 100 tallest
mountains in the world
![Page 6: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Himalayan Mountains from Space
![Page 8: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
3- Mt. Everest• The tallest mountain in
the world– 29,029 Feet tall (Almost
6 miles high)– That’s 20 Empire State
Buildings stacked on top of each other
• It is still growing at a rate of 1 inch every 5 yearshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dcL-PJUFRI
![Page 9: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Climbing Mt. Everest…
A base camp on Mt. Everest
DEATH ZONE - Above 26,000 feet, climbers must use oxygen tanks because the air is so thin.
Over 200 people have died trying to climb the mountain.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit in 1953.
![Page 10: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Rivers• As the snow and ice in the Himalayas melts,
small streams form• Slowly, streams start to meet and combine,
forming rivers• These rivers move downhill and gather more
force as more streams empty into the river
![Page 11: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
4- Indus River
• Located in modern-day Pakistan
• Starts in the Himalayas and empties into the Arabian Sea
• This is where the Indus Valley Civilization originated
![Page 12: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
5- Arabian Sea
![Page 13: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
6- Ganges River• Located in modern-day India
and Bangladesh
• The most populated river in the world– 400 million people live along
the Ganges
• Empties into the Bay of Bengal
![Page 14: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
7- Bay of Bengal
![Page 15: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
8- Brahmaputra River
• Combines with the Ganges River and empties into the Bay of Bengal– The two rivers create a river
delta that is very fertile in Bangladesh
![Page 16: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
9- Deccan Plateau
• Large plateau in southern India.
• Plateau- A large raised area of mostly flat, level land
![Page 17: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
10-Indian Ocean
• 3rd largest ocean• Covers 20% of the world’s water surface• Borders Africa, Asia, and Australia
![Page 18: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
11- Sri Lanka
• An island country off the southeastern coast of India
• One of the world’s largest tea and coffee producers
![Page 19: Geography of India](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062520/56815f56550346895dce36d8/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Reminder!
• Please keep this handout in the social studies section of your binder!
• Vocabulary Flash Cards are due on Wednesday 12/11