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India is 1,269,346 India is 1,269,346 square miles in square miles in sizesize

India is a India is a triangular triangular peninsula jutting peninsula jutting out into the out into the Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean, surrounded by the surrounded by the Arabian Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengalthe Bay of Bengal

Indo-Gangetic Indo-Gangetic PlainsPlains are south of are south of the Himalayasthe Himalayas

The Brahmaputra The Brahmaputra and Ganges Rivers and Ganges Rivers are the most are the most important important waterways in the waterways in the countrycountry

Some of the most Some of the most fertile soil is here fertile soil is here due to easy due to easy irrigationirrigation

HimalayasHimalayas: highest : highest mountain system in mountain system in the world and is in the world and is in both India and Chinaboth India and China

Mount Everest is on Mount Everest is on the border of Nepal the border of Nepal and Tibetand Tibet

Many have tried to Many have tried to scale Mount Everest, scale Mount Everest, and some have and some have succeeded… but succeeded… but many have died many have died tryingtrying

Covers most of the Covers most of the Southern peninsula of Southern peninsula of IndiaIndia

Ghats:Ghats: low-lying low-lying mountains in the east mountains in the east and west of the and west of the plateauplateau

Vindhya MountainsVindhya Mountains help to separate the help to separate the Deccan Plateau from Deccan Plateau from the Northern Plains, the Northern Plains, mark the boundary mark the boundary between Northern and between Northern and Southern IndiaSouthern India

The Hindu Kush mountains The Hindu Kush mountains are almost as high as the are almost as high as the Himalayas but are ruggedHimalayas but are rugged

They are very treacherous They are very treacherous to crossto cross

Mountains are usually Mountains are usually traversed through traversed through mountain passes such as mountain passes such as the Khyber and Bolan the Khyber and Bolan PassesPasses

The Thar DesertThe Thar Desert is is at the western end at the western end of the Northern of the Northern PlainsPlains

Sand dunes, sandy Sand dunes, sandy plains and low hills plains and low hills make up the make up the landscapelandscape

Nomadic herders Nomadic herders graze their cattle graze their cattle and sheep hereand sheep here

Indus RiverIndus River is the site of the Indus River Valley is the site of the Indus River Valley CivilizationCivilization, one of the earliest civilizations in the region, one of the earliest civilizations in the region

Brahmaputra RiverBrahmaputra River: joins with the Ganges near its mouth : joins with the Ganges near its mouth and forms a large delta in Bangladesh on the Bay of and forms a large delta in Bangladesh on the Bay of BengalBengal

Ganges RiverGanges River: originates in an ice cave in the Himalayas : originates in an ice cave in the Himalayas and flows east across India to join with the Brahmaputra and flows east across India to join with the Brahmaputra in Bangladeshin Bangladesh

The Ganges is one of the most sacred rivers in IndiaThe Ganges is one of the most sacred rivers in India, and , and shrines and temples line its banksshrines and temples line its banks