Question

Report on Indian relief features​

Answer 1

The Relief features of India are : 

》 Great Himalayas 

》 Indo - Gangetic plain 

》 Peninsular plateau

》Eastern and western ghats 

》The Coastal plains 

》Great Indian Desert

》Island groups 

● HIMALAYAS :

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The mountains located in the north of India are non other than Great Himalayas. These mountains are called so because they are covered with full of Ice. These ranges run in the west - east direction of distance about 2400 kilometres. These Himalayas are separated with deep valleys between them.

Indo - Gangetic plain :

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The formation of Indo - Gangetic plains is by the three largest Himalayan rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra and their tributaries.

The Indo - Gangetic plains are of three parts. They are :

1) Western part : The western part was formed by the Indus and it's tributaries. Most of the Indus basin is located in Pakistan and small portion .

Peninsular plateau :

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Peninsular plateau is also called as Deccan plateau. This plateau is surrounded by various landmass especially North with Mahadev hills, Maikal ranges in East and western and eastern ghats and south with Niligiri hills. The rivers in deccan plateau are rain fed. The main rivers in Deccan plateau are Godavari, krishna, etc. The Deccan plateau is mainly composed with hard igneous rocks and crystalline.

Eastern and Western ghats :

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The western and eastern ghats lie parallel to western and Eastern Coasts. The western ghats are higher than the eatern ghats. The eastern ghats are continous. The highest mountain in Western ghats is Anaimudi. The western ghats join Niligiri hills near Gudaloor. The famous hillstation ooty is situated here.

The Coastal plains :

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● Western Coastal plains : The western Coastal plains starts from Rann of Kutch and ends at Kanyakumari. This is divided into three parts :

》 Konkan Coast - This is north part touches Goa and Maharashtra

》 Canara coast - This is middle part touches Karnataka

》 Malabar coast - This is southern part, touches Kerala.