India's Geography

____________ is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

• Subcontinent
• Peninsula
• Mount Everest
• Summer Monsoon

This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.

• Deccan Plateau
• Mount Everest
• Himalayas 
• Eastern and Western Ghats

The tallest single mountain peak in the world.

• Mount Everest

• Himalyas

• Mt. Olympus

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

One of two rivers that gets its source high up in the Himalayas from glaciers and snow.

• Indus River

• Narmada River

• Godavari River

• Saraswati River

____________ bring a great deal of rainfall and destruction to India.

• Summer Monsoons

• Winter Monsoons

• Annual Floods

• Heat Waves

The ___________ borders India on its east coast.

• Arabian Sea
• Indian Ocean
• Bay of Bengal
• Pacific Ocean

One reason India is referred to as a subcontinent is because it sits on its own ________________.

• climate
• volcano
• waterfall
• plate

How were the mountains formed?

• earthquakes in North India

• India colliding with Asia

• buildup of snow at high altitudes

• tsunami flooded the lower lands

Which is a natural barrier at the northern part of India?

• mountain ranges

• Bay of Bengal

• desert land

• swamps and marshlands

Which river does this list describe:

• begins in the Himalayas
• is considered a holy river
• carries rich soil to the people
• empties into the Bay of Bengal

• Ganges River

• Indus River

• Saraswati River

• Brahmaputra River