HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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What landmass blocks India off from the rest of Asia?
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Deccan Plateau
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Thar Desert
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Himalayan Mountains
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Indian Rainforest
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Himalayas [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
Detailed explanation-2: -Himalayan Mountains are an example of a Continent-Continent convergent plate boundary where two slabs of continental crust have collided and compressing the crust and the acretionary wedge material and lifting it to form the Himalayan Mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Himalayas were formed on a convergent plate boundary. They were created when there was a collision between the Indian and Eurasian plate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: Himalayas and Andes are fold mountains.
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