09 Physical Features of india in detail.

Physical features

1. Himalaya Plains Plateau Desert Coastal Islands Physical Features of India

2. PANGAEA

3. LAURASIA AND GONDWANA

4. CONTINENTS

5. Convection current

6. The Himalayan Mountain Formation

7. Himadri – Great / Inner Himalaya Himachal – Middle Himalaya Shiwalik - Outer Himalaya The Himalayan Mountains - North to south division of Himalayas

8. Himadri – Great / Inner Himalaya It is the most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks with an average height of 6,000 metres. It contains all prominent Himalayan peaks.

9. Himachal – Middle Himalaya The ranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks. The altitude varies between 3,700 and 4,500 metres and the average width is of 50 Km. Pir Panjal , Dhauladhar , Kangra and Kullu , Duns – Dehra Dun, Patli Dun and Kotli Dun

10. Shiwalik They extend of 10-50 Km and have an altitude varying between 900 and 1100 metres. These ranges are composed of unconsolidated sediments brought down by rivers from the main Himalayan ranges located.

11. Shiwalik

12. The Himalayan Mountains – West to East division of Himalayas

13. The Himalayan Mountains – West to East division of Himalayas Punjab Himalayas – between Indus and Sutlej river Kumaon Himalayas – between Sutlej and Kali river Nepal Himalayas – between Kali and Tista river Assam Himalayas – between Tista and Dihang river Purvanchal himalayas – beyond Dihang ( Patkai , Naga, Manipur & Mizo Hills)

14. Northern Plain Indus – Ganga – Bramhaputra – Alluvial 7 lakh sq km, 2400 km long and 240 to 320 km broad Many distributaries Western – Punjab Plain – Indus and its tributaries - Doab Ganga Plain – between Ghaggar and Teesta Bramhaputra Plain – Bihar, Jhatkhand and west Bengal Bhabhar – Parallel to shiwalik – stream disappear Terai – South of Bhabhar – wet and Marsy – Forested Dudhwa National Park Bhangar – old alluvial – has calcareous deposit – Kankar Khadar – Newer and young deposit, fertile for intensive agricuture

15. Northern Plain

16. Punjab Plain

17. Ganga Plain

18. Brahmaputra Plain

19. Peninsula Plateau Table land – igneous and metamorphic rock Central highland – north of Narmada river – Malwa plateau Deccan plateau – south of Narmada river North East – Meghalaya and Karbi – Anglong plateau , separated by fault with 3 hills – GKJ – west to east – Garo , Khasi and Jaintia Hills Western Ghat – continuous range – thal Ghat , Bhor Ghat , and Pal Ghat , orographic rain Anai Mudi 2695 m and Doda Betta 2637 m Eastern Ghat – irregular - Mahanadi to Nilgiri – Mahendragiri 1501 m

20. Plateau (Table land)

21. Central highland

22. Deccan Plateau

23. Chotanagpur Plateau

24. Indian Desert West of Aravalli – Sand Duns, low rainfall, Arid Climate, Luni river Barchans – crescent shaped duns Longitudinal duns at Indo Pak country

25. Coastal Plain Western Coast – between western Ghat and Arabian ocean Konkan – Kannad – Malabar Coast Eastern Coast – wide and level Northern Circar – Coromondal coast Delta – Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri Chilka lake – largest salt water lake – Mahanadi - Orissa

26. Coastal Plain

27. Konkan - Mumbai – Goa Kannad Plain - Karnataka Border Malabar Coast – Kerala Border Northern Circars - Mounth of Hooghly to Krishna Delta Coromondal Coast – Krishna Delta to Kanyakumari

28. Islands

29. Thank you students