Geography and Topography

The Geography in the Indus River Valley was very good for farming.  The good soil was provided from the irrigation canals which brought water to the farms.  The fertileness of the land also led to a very big risk of diseases.  Their soil was also good for farming because the Indus River floods yearly.

The area of the land in India is 1,269,345 sq. miles, and the Indus River is about 1,800 miles long.  The mountains that are around the Indus Valley are some of the biggest in the world.  The Indus River Valley's river is what the people depended upon very much, along with other things, such as the Asian monsoons.  All of these things make the Indus Valley stand out even more from the other civilizations.  The elevation of India's highest was mountain level, 25,645 feet, and the lowest was sea level.

The temperature ranged from thirty-two degrees F to one-hundred degrees F.  The rainfall was between five and twenty inches.

The Indus River Valley civilization stretched from the Arabian Sea to the Simla Hills.

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