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Ancient India
  • Ancient History 10
  • ?

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Geography of Ancient India
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Geography- Plate Tectonics
  • India is entirely contained on the Indian Plate.
  • A major tectonic plate that was formed when it
    split off from the ancient continent
    Gondwanaland.
  • About 90 million years ago, during the late
    Cretaceous Period.

4
Geography regions
  • India can be divided into six physiographic
    regions.
  • The Himalayan Mountains
  • Northern Plains
  • The Great Indian Desert
  • The Peninsular Plateau
  • Coastal Plains
  • Islands

5
Geography
  • The river valleys of India were particularly
    suited for the growth of the civilization because
    they are wide, level and fertile.
  • Why is this important for the growth of a
    civilization?

6
Geography Brainstorm
  • What are some of the important aspects of having
    a river in a valley?
  • Insert response here ?
  • ha, ha, ha
  • There is approx. 4 important features.

7
Geography
  • The mountain ranges protected the civilization
    from invaders, but they also slowed the growth of
    the civilization as they make travel and trade
    difficult. Trade introduces new products, ideas
    and technologies to a region.

8
India Water ways
  • India has around 14,500 km of inland navigable
    waterways.
  • There are twelve rivers which are classified as
    major rivers.
  • All major rivers of India originate from one of
    the three main watersheds
  • The Himalaya and the Karakoram ranges
  • Vindhya and Satpura range in central India
  • Sahyadri or Western Ghats in western India
  • The Himalayan river networks are snow-fed and
    have a perennial supply throughout the year.
  • The other two river systems are dependent on the
    monsoons and shrink into rivulets during the dry
    season.

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Geography
  • The Indus River Valley was the home of Indias
    1st great civilization, that is as old as
    Mesopotamia.
  • On a piece of paper list some of the similarities
    and differences between the geography of
    Mesopotamia and India.

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Mountains
  • Himalayan range (Mt. Everest)
  • Karakoram
  • Patkai, or Purvanchal
  • Vindhya range
  • Satpura Range
  • Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains
  • Aravali Range
  • Eastern Ghats

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Thar Desert
  • Desert tribes living in the Thar Desert near
    Jaisalmer, India.
  • The Thar Desert is the world's seventh largest
    desert.
  • It forms a significant portion of western India
    and covers an area of about 200,000 km2 The
    desert continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan
    Desert. Most of the Thar Desert is situated in
    Rajasthan, covering 61 of its geographic area.

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Thar Desert
  • About 10 percent of this region comprises sand
    dunes, and the remaining 90 percent consist of
    rock forms, compacted salt-lake bottoms, and
    inter-dunal and fixed dune areas.
  • Temperatures 0C in the winter to over 50C
    during the summer.
  • Rainfall in this region is between
    JulySeptember southwest monsoon that brings
    around 100500 mm of precipitation. Water is
    scarce and occurs at great depths, ranging from
    30 to 120 m below the ground level.

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Geography Comparison
  • Mesopotamia/ Egypt
  • India

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Complete the Map of India HandoutWhat you
dont finish in class is for HOMEWORK.?
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