Early India Geography Vocabulary

3. the world’s highest mountain range including Mt. Everest it forms India’s northern border.
4. high mountain range that forms a barrier between India and Afghanistan.
6. a seasonal wind that brings rain when it blows across the water onto the land and dry weather when it blows across the land onto the water.
9. a naturally occurring landform that limits the movement of people, ideas, and products.
11. another name for dry.
12. a 30 mile gap, or low point, that cuts through the Hindu Kush Mountains.
13. elevated flat land between the Eastern and Western Ghats in southern India, some of the land is fertile, cotton grows well there.
14. mountains running down the western coast of India.
16. a ra ised area of land, such as a hill or mountain, with a flat top.

1. electricity that is generated from the power of moving water.
2. mountains running down the eastern coast of India.
5. South Asia is also known as this.
7. the river that flows mostly through modern day Pakistan. The subcontinents first civilization were located along its banks.
8. river in the north of India that begins in the Himalaya Mountains, joins the Ganges River on the plains, and makes the land very fertile.
10. hot area of sand and stone, with very little water in northern India.
15. the river that flows across the north plain of India. To Hindus, it is considered India’s most sacred river.