himalayas called a natural barrier why?
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A natural barrier refers to a physical feature that protects or hinders travel through or over.
Mountains, swamps, deserts and icefields are among the clearest examples of natural barriers. Rivers are a more ambiguous example, as they may obstruct large-scale movement across them (especially by armies) but may facilitate smaller-scale movement along them in boats, once some of the people in the region have developed the relevant technologies. Seas have likewise been an obstacle at first, then a convenient medium for transport along coastlines, and finally a medium for intercontinental transport.
Natural barriers have been important factors in human history, by obstructing migrationand invasion. For example, Jared Diamondargues that West European nations have been the dominant powers of the last 500 years because Europe's many natural barriers divided it into competing nation-states and this competition forced the European nations to encourage innovation and avoid technological stagnation.
Some examples of natural barriers are the Himalayas isolating Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia, the Grand Canyon, the Dead sea, and the Mississippi river.
A natural barrier refers to a physical feature that protects or hinders travel through or over.
Mountains, swamps, deserts and icefields are among the clearest examples of natural barriers. Rivers are a more ambiguous example, as they may obstruct large-scale movement across them (especially by armies) but may facilitate smaller-scale movement along them in boats, once some of the people in the region have developed the relevant technologies. Seas have likewise been an obstacle at first, then a convenient medium for transport along coastlines, and finally a medium for intercontinental transport.
Natural barriers have been important factors in human history, by obstructing migrationand invasion. For example, Jared Diamondargues that West European nations have been the dominant powers of the last 500 years because Europe's many natural barriers divided it into competing nation-states and this competition forced the European nations to encourage innovation and avoid technological stagnation.
Some examples of natural barriers are the Himalayas isolating Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia, the Grand Canyon, the Dead sea, and the Mississippi river.
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Himalayas act as a natural barrier for India because:
- They block the rain bearing monsoon winds from the Arabian sea and the bay of Bengal. Therefore the north indian plains receive plenty of rainfall.
- It prevents from the cold winds from the central Asia entering into India.
- The Himalayas have been protecting india from outside invaders since the early times thus serving as a defence barrier.
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