INDIAN+GEOGRAPHY

Describe clearly what they are, where they are, and something important about them.
 * __DESCRIBE SOME OF INDIA'S MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES__

1. The Indian Ocean borders India and it is the biggest ocean that borders India. (WCo)

2. There are two main mountain ranges in India. The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush. (kbe)

3. India is a triangle shaped country with mountain ranges including the Himilayas and the Hindu Kush. It has two major rivers which are called the Indus and the Ganges. The coast of India, including Sri Lanka, are flourished with tropical forrests. (kmu)

4. Central India is covered by the vast and dry Deccan Plateau. (mwa)

5. Bangladesh was formerly known as the indian province of Bengel, and Sri Lanka was formerly known as Ceylon. (cmy)

6. Burma is now known as Myramar. (cmy)

7. The Hindu Kush mountains are located on the Indian- Pakistan border. (zba)

8. The Khyber Pass is a passage through the Hindu Kush mountains between Pakistan and India. (zba)

9. India's two major rivers, the Indus and the Ganges, each start in the Himalaya Mountains but the Ganges flows into the Bay of Bengal and the Indus flows into the Arabian Sea. (mwa)

10. The Indus river is where the first civilization began to arose around 2500 BC (cca)

11. The Indus river gave the name to India (cca)

12. Afghanistan borders India to the west but is separated by the Hindu Kush Mountains. (jti)

13. There are two major cities along the Indus river. They are called Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. (cmy)

14. Tibet borders India to the north and is separated by Nepal. (jti)

15. Sri Lanka is a small island of the southern coast of India and is in the Indian Ocean. (jti)

16. The Bay of Bengal is a large body of water to the east of India and connects with the Indian Ocean. (jti)

17. The Arabian Sea borders India to the east and borders Afghanistan to the south. (jti)

18. India borders five large bodies of water known as the Indus river, Ganges river, Bay of Bengal, Arabean sea, and Indian ocean.(dmc)

19. China borders India to the south east and also Nepal to the south east.(dmc)

20. India's borders have changed vastly over time. What are now Pakistan and Bangladesh used to be Indian territories. (eda)

21. The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush extend 2000 miles east to west and almost 150 miles north to south. (rsc)**