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1 day ago · South Asia, subregion of Asia, consisting of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and peninsular India. It includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; Afghanistan and the Maldives are often considered part of South Asia as well.
3 days ago · South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
23 hours ago · The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers , the Indus , the Ganges , and the Tsangpo – Brahmaputra , rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home ...
23 hours ago · It gradually bends to the south and descends into the Punjab plains at Kalabagh, Pakistan. The Indus passes gigantic gorges 4,500–5,200 metres (15,000–17,000 ft) deep near the Nanga Parbat massif. It flows swiftly across Hazara and is dammed at the Tarbela Reservoir. The Kabul River joins it near Attock.
5 days ago · It flows in a southerly direction swiftly through the Himalayan foothills and, exiting Uttarakhand, onto the Indo-Gangetic Plain, along the border between Uttar Pradesh and Haryana state to the west. The Eastern and Western Yamuna canals are fed from the river at that point.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Moving on to Europe and Asia, the separation is marked by two mountain ranges: the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains. The Ural Mountains, located mainly in Russia, span approximately 2,500 kilometers and act as a geographic divide between Europe and Asia.
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1 day ago · By 1200 BCE, the Vedic culture spread to the Gangetic plain. Historically South Asia was influenced by its neighbours, particularly from its west and north, resulting in creating enormous ...
