why is India known as a country having all major geographical feature of the world
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(i) The Great Mountain Walls or the Mountain Ranges of the Himalayas:
In the north the mighty Himalayas with its lofty mountain ranges and majestic peaks stretching from East to West is protecting the country from external aggression like a gigantic sentinel. The great mountain wall is about 2500 km. long and its width varies from 240 km. to 320 km. Mount Everest is the highest peak known to be the highest in the world with a height of 29,142 feet.The ranges of Himalayas can be divided into two groups. The high mountain portions are covered with snow round the year. The holy rivers like the Gangas, the Jamuna and the Brahmaputra have originated from the Snow Mountains. The Western off shoots of the Himalayas consists of Hindu Kush, the safed Koh, the Sulaiman Koh, and the ‘Kirthar ranges’.
The height of the mountain in these regions are corporately low, the area is dry with scanty rainfall. In this belt there are several famous passes named the khyber, the Kuuram, the Tochi, the Gomal and the Bolan passes. Most of these passes are situated in low lying ground and thereby has made the country accessible to the foreign invaders.
The Eastern off shoots include the Khasi, the Lushai, the Jaintia, and the Naga Hills and are extended up to the Bay of Bengal. The hilly area and around are covered with beautiful dance forest with abundant rainfall. Its fertile area, rich forest and forest products have made the area highly attractive. The protective character of the Himalayas has considerably guided the course of the Indian history. The insurmountable height of the Himalayas well fortified by thick snow and impossibility to establish any land route has made the Himalayas a formidable barrier. Such a natural obstruction automatically, forbidding the invaders to cross the colossal mountain and embark upon on expedition.