what are the different physical division of india?explain one of them.
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Explanation:
Various physical divisions:
1. the great Himalayas
2. the northern plains
3. the peninsular plateau
4. the thar desert
5. the islands
6. the coastal plains
The northern plains:
The Northern Fertile Plain lies to the south of Himalayan Region. It is also called the Gangetic Plain. It is a vast plain and level land between the Himalayas in the North and Deccan Plateau in the South. From Punjab in the West to Assam in the East, this plain is about 2400 km. long and its width varies from 150 km. in the East to about 300 km. in the West. It includes the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, some parts of Assam and the Union Territory of Delhi.
The soil of this plain is built of the sediments brought down by the rivers from Himalayas. Such plain is called an alluvial plain and is very fertile. This plain is one of the largest and most fertile plains of the World. It is the most thickly populated plain. This is also the major crop growing area in India. This plain is drained by Sutlej, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries. The slope of this plain in the West is South-west and in the East is South-east.
Three main rivers, the Sutlej, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries flow through this plain. So this plain can be divided into three parts namely : 1. The Sutlej Basin 2. The Ganga Basin and 3. The Brahmaputra Basin. An area through which a river and its tributaries flow is called its basin.
The major physiographic divisions of India are Great Mountains of the North-North Indian Plain-Peninsular Plateau, Coastal Plains and The islands. Himalayas comprise the Himadri or the northern most range, Himachal is the middle Himalayas while Shivalik ranges make the outer Himalayas