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what are indian relief features

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Answered by manswi2
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the Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountain along India's eastern coast. the Eastern Ghats come from Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamilnadu in the south passing some part.

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Answered by CaptainBrainly
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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.

The Himalayas are divided into three categories. They are :

》 Greater Himalayas / Himadri

》 Lesser Himalayas

》 Shivaliks


● Greater Himalayas : The highest mountains in Himalayas are called as Greater Himalayas or Himadri. These are of height about 4500+ mts above the sea level. These are composed of Snow and ice. These are highest mountains ever. Mount K2 is located in Greater Himalayas.

● Lesser Himalayas : The Lesser Himalayas are located in the south of Greater Himalayas. These have rugged relief. These are of height from 3500 - 4500 mts. The lesser Himalayas are consist of famous valley of Kashmir etc. The pripanjal and Mahabharata ranges are important ranges of this region.


● Shivaliks : These are the smallest mountains of height about 500 - 1000 mts. These are the south most mountains in the Himalayas. These are composed with hard rocks and gravel etc.


■ 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 in Punjab and Haryana.

2) Central part : The central part is formed by the river Ganga and it's tributaries. This part mainly spreaded in Central India of states UP, Bihar , Haryana etc

3) Eastern part : The eastern part was formed by the Brahmaputra river. This is mostly in Assam and spreaded into Bangladesh.

■ 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 highest mountain in Aromakonda.

■ 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.

● Eastern Coastal plains : The Eastern Coastal plains starts from Mahanadi valley and ends in Niligiri hills. These are divided into three parts :

》 Utkal Coast : This is the northern part touches West Bengal and Odisha.

》Circar Coast : This is the Cental part touches Andhrapradesh.

》Coromandel coast : This is the southern most part touches Tamil nadu.


■ Great Indian Desert / Thar Desert :
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The Thar desert extends in Western Rajasthan and remaining in Pakistan. The only river in Thar desert is Luni river.The climate of Thar desert is Arid climate. The Indira Gandhi canal runs through this desert. The Thar desert doesn't support any agriculture.


■ Island Groups :
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India has two island groups they are Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

● Lakshadweep Island : These are coral orgin. These Islands are famous for great variety of flora and fauna. These extends upto 32 kilometers.

● Andaman and Nicobar Islands : These are the islands formed from the mount Arkan yoma which runs from Myanmar in to the Bay of Bengal. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also orgin of Volcanic eruptions. The southern most point of India, Indira point is located in this islands.


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