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1. Main features of the Peninsular Plateau:
(i) It is a table land composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
(ii) It is formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land.
(iii) It has broad and shallow valleys and rounded hills.
(iv) It consists of two broad divisions, namely, the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau.
(v) The Central Highlands are wider in the West but narrower in the East.
2.The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate which began 50 million years ago and continues today. 225 million years ago (Ma) India was a large island situated off the Australian coast and separated from Asia by the Tethys Ocean.
3.The Peninsular rivers are non-perennial which means they receive water from glacier and rainfall whereas Himalayan rivers are perennial which means they are seasonal-dependent on monsoon. The Peninsular river have narrow catchment area whereas the Himalayan rivers have large catchment.
4.Because Earth rotates as the air is moving, the winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and air in the Southern Hemisphere curves to the left. This phenomenon is called the Coriolis Effect and it's why the trade winds blow toward the west in both the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
5.Mechanism of Monsoon involves the following concept: The phenomena of monsoon refer to the seasonal reversal of winds. It is because while the South West Monsoon winds blow from sea to land at the end of the summer season, the North east winds blow from land to sea during the winter season.
6.Some of the most important causes of population growth in India are as follows: 1. Widening Gap between Birth and Death Rates 2. Low Age at Marriage 3. High Illiteracy 4.
7.Distribution of Population
It is clear that India has a highly uneven pattern of population distribution. The percentage shares of population of the states and Union Territories in the country (Appendix – iA) show that Uttar Pradesh has the highest population followed by Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal.
8.India has two groups of islands. The Lakshadweep Islands lie in the Arabian Sea, to the southwest of the mainland. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie in the Bay of Bengal, to the southeast of the mainland. Lakshadweep is composed of small coral islands, covering a small area of 32 square kilometres.