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chapter 13 vocab ss
Term | Definition |
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subcontinent | A subdivision of a continent |
Ganges River | A river that flows in the northern part of india |
Physical features | land forms like mountains hills rivers. |
himalaya mountains | A mountain rang in northern india |
monsoon | A strong wind that brings lots of rain in the summer |
Glaciers | Giant pieces of ice that are on land and move |
plateu | A high flat land that is elevated above the surface it is on with straight sides |
hindu kush mountains | A fierce boundary dividing afganistan and india |
brahmaputra river | A river that starts high up inn the himalaya mountains and the goes into the ganges river |
indus river | A river that starts in the himalaya mountains and ends in the arabian sea |
Deccan Plateu | A triangular shaped area between two mountain rangesin southern india. |
Thar desert | A desert in northern india |
eastern western ghats | long mountain ranges on the coasts of india |