| A | B |
|---|
| fertile | able to grow crops, like the land in northern India |
| pass | an open place in the mountains |
| Bay of Bengal | along with two mountain ranges, separates India from the rest of Asia |
| Khyber Pass | the best known passage in India |
| subcontinent | a large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent |
| Ganges | one of the great rivers India depends on for water |
| geography | deals with land, weather, bodies of water and plant and animal life |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| Indus River Valley | where India's first great civilization began |
| summer | India's rainy season |
| monsoon | seasonal winds |
| Indian Ocean | wind blows over its warm waters in the summer |
| Himalayas | one of the mountain ranges that stands at India's northern edge |
| Asia | continent of which India is a part |
| winter | the dry season in India |
