Question

discuss any five feature of India in geography​

Answer 1

Answer:

The physical features of India can be divided into six categories according to their physiographic forms:

Himalayan Mountains:

The northernmost landscape of the country highlights the fold mountains of the Himalayas. Though geologically young, the Himalayan Mountains are the loftiest and the most rugged of the world. Since they stretch across 2500 KM from Kashmir in the north, through Arunachal Pradesh in the North East, these mountains form an arc. This helps keep the cold arctic winds from reaching the tropical landmass.

One of the most significant of all the physical features of India, the Himalayas vary in width between 400 Km to 150 KM. Furthermore, the entire mountain belt is divided into three main sections-

• The Greater Himalayas or the Himadri, with average peaks reaching up to 6000 meters above the sea-level.
• The Lesser Himalayas with average peaks rising as high as 4000 meters
• The Outer Himalayas or the Shiwalik Range
• The Eastern Hills or the Purvanchal covering North Bengal, and northernmost parts of the North Eastern states..

Northern Plains:

The three major river systems of India- Indus, Ganga and the Brahmaputra along with their tributaries have fed the foothills of the Himalayas. Since these river basins had a huge amount of alluvial deposits from these glacial rivers, these regions grew fertile over hundreds of years and led to the Northern Plains. Furthermore, the Northern Plains can again be divided into three significant parts-

• The Punjab Plains- The Indus River and its tributaries lead to the formation of these vast plains, a major part of which now lies in Pakistan
• The Ganga Plains- This spreads across the states of North India, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi and West Bengal.
• The Brahmaputra Plains- This covers major parts of Assam and the other North Eastern States