india Flashcards
True or False? India is located North of the equator.
True
Which countries does India share its borders with?
China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Which Island country is located to the South of India?
Sri Lanka
Which bodies of water of water surround India?
On the South of India lies the Indian Ocean, on the Western Coast, it is surrounded by the Arabian Sea, and on the Eastern coast lies the Bay of Bengal.
True or False? On a climate graph, the bar graph represents annual temperature and the line graph represents annual precipitation.
False.
How do you calculate the range, mean and mode?
Range: The largest value takeaway the smallest.
Mode: Most frequent value.
Mean: The total value divided by the number of values.
What is the Indian monsoon?
The Indian Monsoon Current refers to the seasonally varying ocean current regime found in the tropical regions of the northern Indian Ocean. During winter, the flow of the upper ocean is directed westward from near the Indonesian Archipelago to the Arabian Sea.
True or False? Winter monsoon = dry conditions, minimal rainfall.
True
State one advantage to the Indian monsoon.
It boosts the agriculture in India.
State one disadvantage of the Indian monsoon.
Monsoons have the potential to be extremely violent weather systems
Describe the location of the River Ganges.
The River Ganges emerges in the western Himalayas and flows down across northern India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the source of the River Ganges?
Gongotri River
Define the following key terms - drainage basin, watershed, tributary, delta.
Drainage basins refer to the area of land drained by a major river and its tributaries. A watershed is the area of land (catchment area) that captures rain and snow, and then stores, filters, seeps or drains this water into a common water body (marsh, stream, river, or lake). A tributary is A watershed is the area of land (catchment area) that captures rain and snow, and then stores, filters, seeps or drains this water into a common water body (marsh, stream, river, or lake). A delta is an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped approximately like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea.
How does the river width and depth change from source to mouth?
As the river moves from the source to the mouth – both the depth of the river and the width of the river will both increase.
Why does river velocity increase from source to mouth?
This is because a river tends to become deeper, wider and have a higher discharge the further downstream it moves.
