Geography Flashcards
What separated china and India?
The Himalayas
What separates China from other civilizations?
Himalayas, Gobi desert, Huang, Tsi and Chang rivers.
How long is the Great Wall?
1500-4000 mi
What direction did the Huang and Chang rivers run?
Huang: West to East
Chang: west to east
What’s a plateau?
Raised area of level land
WHat is the Deccan and what does it cause?
A dry plateau on the Indian subcontinent that juts out into the Indian Ocean, with level ground nothing feeds into the river causing it to be sparsely populated
What is a subcontinent?
Large landmass that juts out of a continent
What’re the 3 parts of the Indian subcontinent
- ) Gangetic Plain
- ) Deccan plateau
- ) costal plains
Why is the Gangetic plain?
South of the Himalayas, fertile region watered by mighty rivers
What are the 3 rivers that feed the Gangetic Plain?
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra
What are the costal plains?
Highways for trade separated from the Deccan by low lying mountains
What’s a monsoon
Seasonal winds that regularly blow, may cause flooding of drought
What is the grand canal?
Very 1st canal, connects 2 rivers
Travel transport trade AND communication
What’re the water boundaries of china?
Si, Chang, Huang rivers, china sea, Pacific Ocean
What was the problem with the Indus River?
Flooded regularly
