1. Geography of India

2. 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)

3. India is located in Southern Asia

4. 1- Indian Subcontinent Label the Indian Subcontinent on your map
A subcontinent is a large, distinguishable part of a larger continent. When you look at Asia, you can see India as its own, large part of it!

5. Indian Subcontinent
Millions of years ago, all of the continents were clumped together into one large land mass called Pangea.
Over time, tectonic plates deep in the earth moved, causing the continents to separate. About 10 million years ago, the Indian tectonic plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, making India part of Asia.

7. 2 - Himalayan Mountain Range
Label the mountain range on map
The Himalayan Mountains were created by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian 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

8. Himalayan Mountains from Space

9. 3- Mt. Everest Label Mt. Everest on map
Located in the Himalayan Mountain Range
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 years

10. Climbing Mt. Everest…
Over 200 people have died trying to climb the mountain.
A base camp on Mt. Everest
DEATH ZONE - Above 26,000 feet, climbers must use oxygen tanks because the air is so thin.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit in 1953.

11. Rivers in India
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

12. 4- Indus River Label the Indus River on your map.
Located in modern-day Pakistan
Starts in the Himalayas and empties into the Arabian Sea
This is where the Indus Valley Civilization originated

13. Label the Arabian Sea on your map!

14. 6- Ganga River Label the Ganga River on map
Also known as the Ganges River
Located in modern-day India and Bangladesh
The most populated river in the world
400 million people live along the Ganga
Empties into the Bay of Bengal

15. Label the Bay of Bengal on your map!

16. 8- Brahmaputra River
Label the Brahmaputra on map
Combines with the Ganga River and empties into the Bay of Bengal
The two rivers create a river delta that is very fertile in Bangladesh

17. 9- Deccan Plateau Label the Deccan Plateau on map
Large plateau in southern India.
A plateau is a large, raised area of mostly flat, level land

18. 10-Indian Ocean Label the Indian Ocean on your map
World’s 3rd largest ocean
Covers 20% of the world’s water surface
Borders Africa, Asia, and Australia

19. 11- Sri Lanka Label Sri Lanka on your map
An island country off the southeastern coast of India
One of the world’s largest tea and coffee producers