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"The land of India displays great physical variations". Justify the statement by giving example.​

Answer 1

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"The land of India displays great physical variations". Justify this statement with five examples.

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Yukta Gaware

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(1) Southern India

(i) Geologically, the peninsular plateau constitutes one of the ancient landmasses on the earth's surface. It was supposed to be one of the most stable land blocks.

(ii) The Peninsular Plateau is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks with gently rising hills and wide valleys.

(2) Northern India

(i) The Himalayas and the Northern Plains are the most recent landforms.

(ii) From the view point of geology, Himalayan Mountains form an unstable zone.

(iii) The whole mountain system of Himalaya represents a very youthful topography with high peaks, deep valleys and fast flowing rivers.

(iv) The Northern Plains are formed of alluvial deposits.

(3) Western India: The Thar Desert covers the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan where they receive less annual rainfall of 50 cms.

(4) Eastern India: The plains have several perennial rivers. It receives a good amount of rainfall. Mawsynram in the North-East records the highest rainfall in the world.

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Answer 2

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(ii) The Himalayas are young fold mountain blocks which are helpful in blocking the cold winds arriving from North and causing rainfall in almost all over India.

(iv) To its South lies Peninsular Plateau formed by volcanic activities and are the store houses of minerals.

(v) India does experience dryness. Thar desert receives in Western Rajasthan remains in rain shadow and receives less than 25 cm of annual rainfall.

(vi) India is also flanked by two Island groups namely, Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep islands in Arabian Sea.

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