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Answer 1

Questions:-

1. state any four main features of the Himalayan mountains.

2. where is sundarban delta? how is it formed? what makes it special in the world?

3. describe the peninsular plateau of India?

4. how do the eastern coastal plains differ from the Western coastal plains?

5. distinguish between Andaman and nicobar Islands and the lakshadweep island?

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Answer 1st:-

▪️four main features of the Himalayan mountains

• (i) The Himalayan mountains are the youngest mountains in the world. ...

• (ii) The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world.

• (iii) Their width is up to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh and 400 km in Kashmir.

• (iv) These mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra.

Answer 2nd :-

• The Sundarban Delta is located on West Bengal and Bangladesh border on the Bay of Bengal.

• Sunderban delta has been produced by deposition of sediments over thousands of years by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.

• Ot is famous for its unique mangrove forests.

Answer 3rd:-

The Peninsular plateau:-

• The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.

• It was formed due to the breaking

• and drifting of the Gondwana land and thus, making it a part of the oldest landmass.

• The plateau has broad and shallow valleys and rounded hills.

Answer 4th:-

• The differences between Eastern and Western Coastal Plains are: .

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• . The Eastern Coastal plain lies along the east coast of India and is washed by the Bay of Bengal whereas the Western Coastal Plain lies along the west coast of India and is washed by The Arabian Sea..

Answer 5th:-

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in Bay of bengal and on the other hand lakshdweep is situated in the Arabian sea. ... Andaman and Nicobar islands were formed by volcanic eruptions but lakshdweep islands are made by coral reefs.. 4. Andaman and Nicobar islands consist of 570 islands but lakshdweep only has 11 islands...

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