Summary India-an emering country

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• 1 India, land of monsoons

• Where is India located?

  on the triangular peninsula of South Asia
• What are the natural boundaries?

  it is bordered in the north by the Himalayas and in the south by the waters of the Indian Ocean.
• In which three regions can you divide India looking at the relief?

  High mountain range; himalayas in the north
  Coastal plain; bordering on mountain region
  platue; the the Deccan Plateau; centre of India
• What is the coastal plain?

  - contains two major rivers that have source in Himalays: Indus and Ganges
  - densely populated
  - fertile land because of filt deposits by floodings
• How are the narrow coastal plains on the east and west coast of India populated?

  densely
• What is the Deccan plateau?

  - Gently rolling landscape 400-800m high. 
  - Boredered on the west coast by mountains; the Western Ghats

• 1.1 Monsoon rains

• What does the temperature in India look like?

  Southern part is in the tropics, warm all year round. North of India still around 20 degrees daytime in winter, night to 5 degrees
• Why is there a dry and a wet season in India?

  because of the seasonal wind, the monsoon
• When does the monsoon reverse its direction

  every six months
• When is the rainy season?

  in the summer (June, July, August).  get to 40 degrees.