CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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It is separated from Asia by a shallow sea
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It has few large rivers, unlike the rest of Asia
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It has landforms that are not found in other parts of Asia
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It is a large land mass separated from Asia by mountain ranges
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Detailed explanation-1: -India is called a subcontinent because it covers a wide area of land, which includes the Gangetic plain, the plateau region in the south, and the great Himalayan region in the north. It has a distinct geographical, political, and cultural identity.
Detailed explanation-2: –India is sometimes referred to as a subcontinent because it is a separate landmass, not just a country. It is not as large as one, but it has certain characteristics of a continent, so it is not considered a continent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, the Himalayas, also called the Himalayan range, forms a barrier separating the subcontinent from Asia. > The Himalayas are a continuous range of young fold mountains. These fold mountains were formed when the Indian tectonic plate subducted under the Eurasian plate.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term subcontinent signifies a “subdivision of a continent which has a distinct geographical, political, or cultural identity” and also a “large land mass somewhat smaller than a continent".
Detailed explanation-5: -The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2, 500 kilometers (1, 550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia. The Indian subcontinent, once connected to Africa, collided with the Eurasian continent about 50 million to 55 million years ago, forming the Himalayas.