Geography

•The Indian subcontinent is a peninsula that extends to the Indian ocean
-Surrounded by mountains
•Monsoons bring rain in the summer
-Rivers flood when there is too much
•Himalaya means "snow home" and is the highest mountain peek in the world-29,053ft.
•Ganges River- 1,560 mi. long
•Brahmaputra River- 1,800 mi. long
•Indus river- 1,975
•Deccan Plateau- 31,800 square mi. in size
-Elevation range: 2,000- 8,000 ft. high
•Tibetan Plateau- The "roof of the world"
•Thar Desert- 200- 1,500 ft. In elevation