This power point presentation covers Flora and Fauna of himalayas, Northern plains, Southern Plateaus, Islands and Thar Desert.

1. Namrata Gupta
TGT Science
DPS Firozabad

2.  India is a large country with a variety of
landforms.
 It is surrounded by water on three sides.
 There are five major landforms in India-
1. The Himalayas
2. The northern plains
3. The Thar Desert
4. The Southern Plateaus
5. The Island

3. 1. The Himalayas
2. The Northern Plains
3. The Southern Plateaus
4. The Islands
5. The Thar Deserts

6.  Himalayas have many snow covered peaks.
 MOUNT EVEREST, the world's highest peak,
is situated here.
 There are many many slow flowing rivers and
Ice Glacier .
 This glaciers melt to form rivers like Ganga.

8.  This region ranges are
 1. The great Himalayas
 2. The lesser Himalayas
 3. The outer Himalayas

11.  Forest covers a large part of the Himalayas
trees like Oak, Pine and FIR are found here.
Fir Tree
Pine Tree
Oak tree

12.  Snow leopard ,red Pandas live in the
Himalayas.
 Other animals like golden languor and Musk
deer are also found .

13. Musk Deer
Snow Leopard
Red panda
yak
Golden Langoor

14.  TOURISM and ANIMAL REARING.
 some people also practice terrace farming.
 houses are with sloping roofs are found.
Sloping Roof Terrace Farming

17.  Plains are large flat land areas.
 The northern plains are formed by the soil
deposits of the three rivers-
• Indus
• The Ganga
• The Brahmaputra.
This makes the soil of this region fertile.

18. Teak Tree Neem Tree

20.  The Northern places are densely populated
 Agriculture is the chief occupation here
 crops like rice and wheat are cultivated.

21. 1. Central highlands (Malwa plateau
and Chhota Nagpur Plateau)
2. Deccan Plateau
Many rivers Godavari, Krishna,
Kaveri Mahanadi flows through this
region

23.  Godavari
 Krishna
 Kaveri
 Mahanadi

25. Sandalwood
Tree
Sal Tree
Teak Tree
Bamboo Tree

27. Agriculture
Industrial production

28.  Also called as Great Indian Desert.
 It receives very little rainfall .
 Strong winds blow throughout the
year.

30.  Plants that can store water are found there.
 Thorny Shrubs ,date plants are found.

32.  Rearing of animals
 Pottery
 Handicrafts

34.  An island is a landform surrounded by water
on all sides.
 there are two groups of is island in India
1. Lakshadweep
2. Andaman and Nicobar island.

36.  Island have thick forest with large variety of
plants and trees.

37. Coconut Rice plants

38. Saltwater crocodile
Wild Boars

39.  people grow cashew nut, Clove ,rice and
coconut.
 fishing is also a popular occupation.
CloveCashewnut