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PHYSICAL FEATURES
OF INDIA :
Mountains
Rivers
Plains of India
Plateaus of India
Coastal areas andMajor Islands of
Kanchenjunga
It is the third highest Mountain of the world and
highest in India.
It is located between the border of India and
Nepal.
The Elevation or Height of it is 28,169 feet (8,586
m)
In 1954, a reconnaissance of Kanchenjunga's
southwest side was made by John Kempe (leader), J.W. Tucker, Ron Jackson, Trevor H. Braham, G.C. Lewis, and Dr. D.S. Mathews. This reconnaissance led to the route used by the successful 1955
It is the second highest mountain in India.
It is situated on the border of Uttar
Pradesh.
The Elevation or Height of it is 7,816 m (25,643 ft).
First ascent to climb on Nanda Devi on
1939 are J. Bujak and J. Klarner.
Kedarnath
It is located at Uttarakhand, India.
The first one to climb on the mountain
in 1947, was a Swiss team led by André Roch.
The Elevation or Height of Kedarnath
is 6,940 m (22,769 ft).
Kedarnath is a Hindu holy town and
one of the dham.
Ganga
The tributaries of Ganga river are as
follows
:-The River origin is Gangotri Glacier.
The River basin is 1,080,000 km2 (416,990 sq
mi)
States where it flows are Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Left
Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara,Gandaki, Burhi Gandak ,
Koshi,Mahananda
Right
Yamuna, Tamsa, So n,
Yamuna
The tributaries of Ganga river are as
follows :-Left
Tons, Hindon, Sarda, K unta, Gir,Rishiganga, H anuman Ganga
Right
Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Sindh
The River origin is Champasar
Glacier.
The River basin is 366,223
km2 (141,399 sq mi)
The States where it flows are
Uttaranchal,
Krishna
The tributaries of Ganga river are as follows
:- The River origin is western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar.
The River basin is 258,948 km2 (99,980 sq mi).
The states where the river flows Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.
Eastern coastal plains
The Eastern Coastal Plains refer to a wide stretch of landmass of India, lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
These plains are wider and level as
compared to the western coastal plains. It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south
to West Bengal in the north
Deltas of many of India's rivers form a major portion of these plains.
The Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri
and Krishna rivers drain these plains. The region receives both the Northeast and
Southwest monsoon rains with its annual rainfall averaging between 1,000 mm
(40 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). The width
Indo-Gangetic
Plain
The northern Plains also known as the Indo – Gangetic Plain and the North Indian River
Plain is a large and fertile plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, parts of
southern Nepal and virtually all of Bangladesh. The region is named after the Indus and
the Ganges, the twin river systems that drain it.
The plain's population density is very high due to the fertile soil for farming.
The plains support one of the most populous areas on Earth, being home to nearly 1 billion people (or around 1/7 of the world's
Deccan Plateau
The Deccan Plateau is a
large plateau in India, making up most of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred meters high in the north, and
more than a kilometer high in the south, forming a raised triangle within the
familiar downward-pointing triangle of the Indian subcontinent's coastline. It is
located between two mountain ranges: the Western Ghats form its western
boundary, and the Eastern Ghats its
eastern boundary. Each rises from their respective nearby coastal plains and
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is
a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as
adjacent parts of Orissa, West
Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of
the Mahanadi River lies to the south. The total area of the Chota Plateau is
approximately 65,000 square kilometers (25,000 sq mi). The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a continental plateau - an extensive
area of land thrust above the general land. The plateau has been formed by
Costal areas
The Eastern Coastal Plain is a wide
stretch of land lying between the
Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
It stretches from Tamil Nadu in the
south to West Bengal in the east.
Islands
The Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are India's two major
island formations and are classified
as union territories. The Lakshadweep
Islands lie 200 to 300 km (120 to 190 mi) off the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea with an area of 32 km2 (12 sq mi). The
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