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Geography of South Asian Mountain Ranges and Rivers, Quizzes of Geography

Definitions and locations of major mountain ranges and rivers in south asia, including the hindu kush mountains, himalayas, eastern and western ghats, karakoram range, deccan plateau, thar desert, indus, ganges, brahmaputra, kunlun mountains, tian shan mountains, altay mountains, chang jiang, huang he, xi jiang, annam mountains, yoma range, arakan mountains, mekong, chao phraya, irrawaddy, and salween rivers.

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2010/2011

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TERM 1
Hindu Kush Mountains
DEFINITION 1
mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan
and northern Pakistan.
TERM 2
Himalayan Mountains
DEFINITION 2
mountain range that separates the Indian subcontinent from
the Tibetan plateau. afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, China,
India, Nepal, Pakistan
TERM 3
Eastern Ghats
DEFINITION 3
discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern
coast.
TERM 4
Western Ghats
DEFINITION 4
mountain range along the western side of India.
TERM 5
Karakoram Range
DEFINITION 5
large mountain range spanning the borders between
Pakistan, India and China
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Hindu Kush Mountains

mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan

and northern Pakistan.

TERM 2

Himalayan Mountains

DEFINITION 2

mountain range that separates the Indian subcontinent from

the Tibetan plateau. afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, China,

India, Nepal, Pakistan

TERM 3

Eastern Ghats

DEFINITION 3

discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern

coast.

TERM 4

Western Ghats

DEFINITION 4

mountain range along the western side of India.

TERM 5

Karakoram Range

DEFINITION 5

large mountain range spanning the borders between

Pakistan, India and China

Deccan Plateau

large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern

part of the country.

TERM 7

Thar Desert

DEFINITION 7

large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian

subcontinent and forms a natural boundary running along the

border between India and Pakistan.

TERM 8

Indus

River

DEFINITION 8

major river which flows through Pakistan, as well as China

and India

TERM 9

Ganges

River

DEFINITION 9

trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh.

TERM 10

Brahmaputra

River

DEFINITION 10

trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.

Bangladesh, India, China

Xi Jiang

River

in China by Vietnam

TERM 17

Annam Mountains

DEFINITION 17

in Vietnam

TERM 18

Yoma Range

DEFINITION 18

low mountains in central Myanmar

TERM 19

Dawna Range

DEFINITION 19

along the boarder of Myanmar and Thailand

TERM 20

Arakan Mountains

DEFINITION 20

mountain range in western Myanmar

Mekong

River

river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand,

Cambodia and Vietnam.

TERM 22

Chao Phraya

River

DEFINITION 22

major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the

centre of the country. flows through Bangkok

TERM 23

Irrawaddy

River

DEFINITION 23

river that flows from north to south through Myanmar.

TERM 24

Salween

River

DEFINITION 24

flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in

Southeast Asia.

TERM 25

Red

River

DEFINITION 25

southeast China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of

Tonkin