Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows. A satellite map of South Asia. An area northeast of India with Nepal
and Bhutan is circled. Image courtesy of NASA Which of the following areas is circled on the map above? A. the Indus River B. the Deccan Plateau C. the Thar Desert D. the Himalayan Mountains Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D
The Himalayas is a high mountain system in Asia. It is the highest mountain range on Earth and lies between the Indian subcontinent in the south and the Tibetan highlands in the north. The mountains stretch for a length of about 3000 kilometers from Pakistan to Burma and reach a width of up to 350 kilometers. In the Himalayas are ten of the fourteen highest mountains on earth, the peaks of which are more than 8000 meters high, including Mount Everest, which is 8848 m above sea level being the highest mountain on Earth. With its southern location and the Tibetan highlands rising up in the back of the Himalayas as an extensive high plateau, the Himalayas have a great influence on the climate of South and Southeast Asia.
