The diamond-shaped Indian ____ has been a part of ____ for the last 50 million years. The subcontinent ____ into Asia, causing the land to ripple up and form the massive ____ Mountains. The Himalayas are the ____ mountains in the world. They form a ____ that separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia. Himalaya means “home of ____” because the Himalaya’s tallest peaks are always covered with snow. South Asia also includes island nations, such as the single-island country of Sri Lanka and the country of Maldives, which is an ____ (a chain of islands) with about 1200 islands. More than 5000 people have reached the peak of ____, the tallest mountain of the Himalayas. An Italian man, Reinhold Messner, actually climbed the mountain twice without oxygen. This is a very dangerous feat because a person can suffer ____ at that altitude. Everest expeditions have so far claimed nearly 300 lives, including at least 40 Sherpas, an ethnic group ____ to the most mountainous region of ____. Author Jon Krakauer wrote in his best-selling book called Into Thin Air that "attempting to climb Everest is a completely ____ act . . . As you ascend into the ____ air, you discover that ____ are not meant to be here.” Eight people died on Krakauer’s own Everest climb when a ____ suddenly enveloped the upper reaches of the mountain. Climbing Everest is only allowed with the government’s permission, and can cost $8000 - $11000 to get a permit. Each year, about 800 people ____ the climb, which takes about three months to complete. A ____ is a ____ that changes direction with the ____. India’s monsoon winds create hot, dry ____ and rainy ____. Indian farmers welcome the summer monsoons, although they can bring great ____ to their land. The monsoon rains ____ their land, making it possible for their ____ to grow and ____ to graze. Also, a great deal of India’s ____ is generated by monsoon rainwater as is flow from the Himalayan Mountains.

Indian Geography and Climate

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