Explain the physiographic division of India in detail
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Some of the main physiographic divisions of India are as follows:
On the basis of the tectonic history, stratigraphy and relief features, India may be divided into the following four physiographic divisions
The Northern Mountains:
It stretches across northern India from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh (about 2500 km) with a varying width of 240 to 320 km forming Himalaya in the East-West direction and its offshoots run in North-South direction along the India-Myanmar boundary traversing through Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram known as eastern hills. They represent the youngest and highest folded mountains of the earth formed by the tectonic collision of the Indian plateau with the Eurasian plateau.
Purvanchal:
This is the North-Eastern Himalayas that run north to South through Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and eastern Assam.
The Great Plains:
The Great Plains of India consists largely of alluvial deposits brought down by the rivers originating in the Himalayan and the peninsular region. They are mainly formed by the alluvial deposits of the Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries.
The Peninsular Plateau:
It covering an area of about 16 lakh sq km forms the largest and oldest physiographic division of India. It is bounded by the Aravallis in the North-West, Maikal range in the North, Hazaribagh and Rajmahal Hills in the North-East, the Western Ghats in the West and the Eastern Ghats in the East.
The Coastal Plains the West Coast Plain:
This is a narrow coastal strip in the West facing Arabian Sea. The plain area between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea from the gulf of Kuchchh and Gulf of Khambat located on either side of Kathiawar Peninsula is called Gujarat Plains.
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On the basis of the tectonic history, stratigraphy and relief features, India may be divided into the following four physiographic divisions
The Northern Mountains:
It stretches across northern India from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh (about 2500 km) with a varying width of 240 to 320 km forming Himalaya in the East-West direction and its offshoots run in North-South direction along the India-Myanmar boundary traversing through Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram known as eastern hills. They represent the youngest and highest folded mountains of the earth formed by the tectonic collision of the Indian plateau with the Eurasian plateau.
Purvanchal:
This is the North-Eastern Himalayas that run north to South through Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and eastern Assam.
The Great Plains:
The Great Plains of India consists largely of alluvial deposits brought down by the rivers originating in the Himalayan and the peninsular region. They are mainly formed by the alluvial deposits of the Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries.
The Peninsular Plateau:
It covering an area of about 16 lakh sq km forms the largest and oldest physiographic division of India. It is bounded by the Aravallis in the North-West, Maikal range in the North, Hazaribagh and Rajmahal Hills in the North-East, the Western Ghats in the West and the Eastern Ghats in the East.
The Coastal Plains the West Coast Plain:
This is a narrow coastal strip in the West facing Arabian Sea. The plain area between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea from the gulf of Kuchchh and Gulf of Khambat located on either side of Kathiawar Peninsula is called Gujarat Plains.
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