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22 Cards in this Set
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1. Arabian Sea 2. Indian Ocean 3. Bay of Bengal |
SOUTH: Bounded by three bodies of water |
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1. Turkmenistan 2. Uzbekistan 3. Tajikistan |
NORTH: Bounded by North/Central Asia |
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Myanmar |
EAST: Bounded by Southeast Asia |
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Iran |
West: Bounded by West Asia |
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1. Northern mountains 2. River lowlands 3. Southern plateaus 4. Outlying islands |
Physiographic regions of South Asia |
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1. Hindu Kush 2. Karakoram 3. Pamir 4. Himalayas |
Northern mountains include the ff: |
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River lowlands |
Constitute flatlands located south of the Himalayas |
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River lowlands |
Also called Indo-Gangetic Plain |
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1. Indus 2. Ganges 3. Brahmaputra |
Rivers that dominate the river lowlands |
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Deccan |
Means "south" in Sanskrit |
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1. Western Ghats 2. Eastern Ghats |
Deccan plateau framed by two sets of mountains |
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Maldives & Sri Lanka (southern end) Andaman & Nicobar (east) |
Outlying Islands |
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1. Altitude 2. Proximity to the sea coast 3. Monsoons |
Favtors affefting climate |
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1. Scorching heat (up to 43C) 2. Intense rains |
Southern region summer characterized by two key phenomena |
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Monsoon |
Refer to seasnal shifts in the prevailing winds |
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May |
Onset of monsoon period |
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June |
Monsoon arrive in Indian Peninsula |
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Bangladesh Northeast India |
Monsoon: affected by heavy rain |
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Himalaya region Northwest India Southern India |
Affected by moderate rain |
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Western Ghats Rainforest |
Rainforest that blocks the flow of monsoon rains |
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Enormous arrowhead |
Indian subcontinent shape |
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Points southward from the sprawling landmass of Asia |
Indian subcontinent direction |