PHYSIOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Presented by: Santbaks Mishra

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Location and Extent of India:

The India's situation is in north of the equator between 84' and 376' north
latitude and 687' and 9725' east longitude.
India stands as seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of
3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). India measures 3,214 km
(1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west. It
has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,517 km
(4,671 mi).

Physical Divisions of
India

Northern Mountainous Re
North Indian Plains
Indian Plateau
Coastal Region
Indian Islands

The Northern Mountainous Region

Himalayan Range

Trans Himalayan
Range

Zaskar, Ladakh and Karakoram

Ranges
ShiwalikThe Himachal Range
The Great Himadri Himalaya

The North Indian Plains

I. The Western Gangetic Plains: The Western plains
are formed by fertile soil brought by the Satluj and its
tributaries. The southern part of the western plain is a
dry Desert region known as the Great Indian Desert or
Thar
Desert.
Punjab,Gujrat,
Rajasthan
Haryana
provinces form part of the region.
II. The Eastern Gangetic Plains: The eastern plain is
formed by the fertile soil brought by the Ganga and its
tributaries. This plain formed by the silt brought by the
rivers like Ganga, Brahmputra and its tributaries.
Assam, Bihar, Bengal Uttar Pradesh form as part of this
region.

The Indian Plateau Region

I. The Northern Plateau: This region includes the plateau of
Marwar, Mewad, Malwa, Bundelkhand etc. The Aravali mountain
range lies in the north-west of the region and Vindhya range
stretches from east to west.Chambal,Sind, and Betwa flow through
these regions.
II. The Southern Plateau: The Southern Indian Plateau also
known as Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in India, it comprises
Maharashtra Plateau, Telangana Plateau and Karnataka Plateau
making up most of the southern part of the country. The plateau is
located between two mountain ranges, the Western Ghats and the
Eastern Ghats, each of which rises from its respective nearby
coastal plain, and almost converge at the southern tip of India.The
Indian plateau region is made of ancient rocks and there is very
rich reserve of minerals.Chhota Nagpur is well known for this.

The Coastal Region

I.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 north. The Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri and Krishna
rivers drain these plains,so major portion of these planes
form by Deltas of these rivers. Eastern Coastal plain is
broader than Western Cost.
II.The Western Coastal Plain stretches from the Rann of
Kachchh in the north to Kanyakumari in the South. To the
East it is bounded by the steep slopes of the Western Ghat
and to the west lays the Arabian Sea. Compared to the East
Coastal Plain, this West coastal plain is narrower; however it
is broader in north and narrows towards south.

The Indian Islands

Indian peninsula surrounded by sea from three ways
has many islands forming part of Indian Territory.
Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Diu
Daman and Sriharikoya are some of significant
groups of islands.