E. Name the following.
1. Any four tributaries of the Ganga
2. Any four rivers joining the Bay of Bengal
3. Any four mountain ranges in the northeastern region
4. Any four Union Territories
5. Any four States which are landlocked
6. Any four peaks in the Himalayan mountains
7. Any four cities along the banks of the Ganga river
8. Any four states along the coast
Answers
Answer:
1) A number of large rivers– the Ganges and its tributaries such as the Padma and Hooghly, the Brahmaputra and its tributaries such as the Jamuna and Meghna, other rivers such as the Irrawaddy river Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri flow into Bay of Bangal.
2) The names given to parts of the Eastern and Western coastal plains of India are:
Regional Names of The East Coast of India
In Orissa (Odisha) it is known as Utkal coast.
From the southern limit of the Utkal plain, stretch the Andhra coast.
In the south of the Andhra plain is the Tamil Nadu coast.
The Tamil Nadu coast and parts of Andhra coast together are known as Coramandal Coast or Payan Ghat [False Divi Point in AP (Krishna River Delta) in the north to Kanyakumari in south.
Regional Names of The West Coast of India
Konkan coast == Maharashtra coast and Goa coast;
Malabar Coast == Kerala and Karnataka coast