Question

Give 10 unique geographical features of India.

Answer 1

Geographical Features of India

Geographically India is divided into four physical divisions:

(i) The Great Mountain Walls or the Mountain Ranges of the Himalayas:

(ii) The great Indo-Gangetic Plain or Northern Plain:

(iii) The great Deccan Plateau:

(iv) Coastal Ghats:

Answer 2

The unique geographical features of India are:

• The 'Great Mountain Walls' or the 'Himalayas' that stretch from East to West.

• The Northern Plains or the Indo-Gangetic Plains that form the core of India and known to be the most fertile lands.

• The Deccan Plateau that slopes down into Cape Comerin.

• Coastal Ghats that form the coast belts to the West and East of the Deccan Plateau.

• India is known as the land of rivers because of several rivers and their tributaries that flow through the country.

• India 'shares its borders' with Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Burma and China.

• India is a peninsular country and is bound by water bodies on the south, east and west.

• India has large and dense forest covers with a variety of flora and fauna.

• India is a flood prone area because of the extensive river system of the country.

• The Indian Desert covered with sand dunes received less than '150 mm' of rainfall annually.