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Ancient India
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• Scientist say the big land mass Pangea separated hundreds of millions year ago
• the sub continent of India eventually hits Eurasia
Geography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaUk94AdXPA
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Geography
• The Himalayan Mountains are made when by the force of the two continents crashing together
• The tectonic plates force the land to rise• Highest mountain range in the world (and still rising!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYgluBRl8g
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Geography• snow and ice melts from the mountains and forms rivers• small streams and rivers join to make larger ones
Indus River: • Located in modern day
Pakistan• Where the Indus
Valley Civilization began
• Begins in Himalayas and ends in Arabian Sea
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GeographyGanges River: • Located in modern day India and Bangladesh• The most populated river in the world over 400 million• Used for many spiritual, religious, and cultural rituals• Empties into the Bay of Bengal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqv5a9w45bE
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Geography
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GeographyBrahmaputra River: • Combines with the Ganges to make a large river delta• Creates the most fertile soil to be used for farming
Sri Lanka:• Small island off the coast
of India• One of the World's
largest tea/coffee makers
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Climate: Weather conditions over long periods of time• temperature, rainfall, snowfall, moisture, wind
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Monsoons: seasonal winds that produce went and dry seasons in India• summer monsoons = brings rain and massive flooding
• winter monsoons = brings dry weather and severe draught that leads to famine (no food)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/30/mumbaiparalysedbyfloodsasindiaandregionhitbyworstmonsoonrainsinyears
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/indiadroughtmillionssteadywatersupply160423134954102.html
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Cyclone: similar to a hurricane or typhoon• violent storms with rotating winds... can reach 200 mph• 5-10 tropical cyclones hit South Asian each year!
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Tsunami: giant ocean waves caused by earthquakes and landslide• extremely destructive can reach 30 feet high and kill
tens of thousands at a timehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUAoqTLURi8
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