Question

Name the three main relief features of India. What percentage are of the whole country does each them occupy?

Answer 1

Answer:

Three main relief features of India are

Himalayas which occupies 10%

Indo-gangetic plain occupies 43%

Peninsular plateau which occupies around 45%

Answer 2

Plains - 43%, Mountains -30% & Plateaus-27%

Explanation:

• Plains  provides facilities for agriculture, industrial development, and they support huge population owing to its nature, level & "ease of construction".
• Mountains provide tourism facilities, are significant from the ecological view point (forest wealth & wildlife), & ensure constant flow of river and even some rivers originate from them
• Plateaus comprise forest cover, rich reserves of minerals, and fossil fuels especially Coal