Geography:

•civilization formed by the Indus River

•Indus River flows through northwestern part of this subcontinent

•the subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia because of the Himalayas and Hindu Kush

•the floods of the Ganges River, which is east of the Indus River, created fertile soil for farming

This is a picture of a mountain in the Himalayas. The melting snow from these mountains created rivers.