South Asia Vocabulary

large landmass that is geographically set off from the larger continent.

• pangea

• subcontinent

• tundra

• continent

theory that explains the process that formed the continents and explains why the earth’s crust shifts.

• plate tectonics

• erosion

• weathering

• magma

a severe tropical storm characterized by high winds that originates in the Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean.

• precipitation

• cold front

• typhoons

• thunderstorm

– seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months.

• rain forest

• monsoons

• erosion

• tundra

large ocean wave that is caused by an earthquake along the floor of the ocean.

• precipitation

• weathering

• ocean current

• tsunami

India’s most important river, it flows across northern India into Bangladesh

• Nile River

• Ganges River

• Nueces River

• Mississippi RIver

a large plateau in western and southern Indian subcontinent. In the south it rises to more than 1,000 meters.

• Japanese Plateau

• Deccan Plateau

• Tibetan Plateau

• Witch Mountain

Two converging mountain ranges in south-eastern India, called the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats, running along the eastern and western seaboards of the country.

• Ural Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Himalayas

• Ghats

Mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has many of Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Himalayas

• Deccan Plateau

is one of the longest rivers in Asia, it is the longest river and national river of Pakistan.

• Potomac River

• Red River

• Indus River

• RIo Grande River