SLIDE 1- FORMATION OF INDIAN LANDFORMS SLIDE 2 – THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU SLIDE 3 – INRTRODUCTION SLIDE 4 – DIVISIONS OF PENINSULAR PLATEAU SLIDE 5 – THE DECCAN PLATEAU SLIDE 6 – THE DECCAN TRAPS SLIDE 7- THE CENTAL HIGHGHLANDS SLIDE 8- THE CENTAL HIGHGHLANDS WILDLIFE SLIDE 9- THE NORTHEREN PLAINS {2ND{ SUB TOPIC} SLIDE 10 – HOW ARE NORTHEREN PLAINS FORMED SLIDE 11 – SOME PICS SLIDE 12- DOMINATING RIVERS SLIDE 13- HOW THE PLAINS ARE DIVIDED? SLIDE 14- WHERE ARE NORTHEREN PLAINS LOCATED ? SLIDE 15- FORMATION OF HIMLAYAS { 3RD SUB TOPIC} SLIDE 16- HOW WERE HIMALAYAS FORMED? SLIDE 17- SOME PICS SLIDE 18- DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIMALAYAS? SLIDE 19- FORMATION OF HIMALAYAS VIDEO SLIDE 20 – THANK YOU

3. INTRODUCTION
The Peninsular Plateau is a tableland composed of old crystalline, igneous and
metamorphic rocks.
It was formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land.
This plateau has broad and shallow valleys and rounded hills.
A body or piece of land enclosed on three sides by water, jutting out from a
larger body of land is called peninsula.

5. All river basins are
good for agriculture.
The chief crop is
cotton, however
sugarcane, rice, and
other crops are also
common.

6. The term 'trap', used in
geology for such rock
formations, is derived from
the Dutch word for stairs
referring to the step-like
hills forming the landscape
of the region.
They consist of multiple
layers of solidified flood
basalt that together are
more than 2,000 m
6,562 feet thick, cover
an area of 500,000 km2
The DeccanTraps
are a large igneous
province located on
the Deccan plateau
of west-central
India.
It is one of the
largest volcanic
features on the
EARTH.

7. THE CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS

8. • Central India is considered
by many as the heart of
India’s wildlife.
• It is home to some of
India’s largest forest tracts,
rich wildlife and
myriad{native} who have
been living in the forests.
• This region includes the
states of Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, parts of
eastern Maharashtra,etc.].

10. ARE NORTHERN PLAINS ?
The northern plain of India is
formed by the interplay of
three major rivers – Ganga,
Indus and Brahmaputra.
In Tertiary period there
was a sea there,
TETHYS , with
extension to north and
west .
Due to tectonic
plate movement
Indian lithospheric
plate underthrusts
the lighter Eurasian
plate on the north .
This shallow basin marine
sediments began folding due to
compressive forces acting from
north and south Evolution and
upheaval of Himalaya began.
A flat land of extensive
alluvial deposits led to
the formation of the
northern plains of India

11. SOME PICS………

12. THESE THREE RIVERS DOMINATE THE
NORTHEREN PLAINS
INDUS
GANGA
BRAHMAPUTRA
DOMINATING RIVERS

13. THE PLAINS ARE DIVIDED?
PUNJAB
PLAINS
GANGA PLAINS
BRAHMAPUTRA
PLAINS

14. They stretch
from Punjab in
West to Assam
in East, and
hence, extends
over 2,500 km in
length.
3 main rivers flow
through the
northern plains:
Ganga,
Brahmaputra,
and Satluj.
They are made
up of very
fertile soil
called Alluvial
soil.
The Northern
Fertile Plain lies
to the south of
Himalayan
Region. It is also
called the
Gangetic Plain

15. FORMATION OF

16. WERE HIMALAYAS ?
Once, all the world’s landmass was connected, forming one super-continent known as Pangea.
Approximately 200 million years ago, tectonic forces broke apart this giant continent into pieces, eventually forming the continents
we know today.
As convection currents worked independently on the plates associated with these new continental pieces, the plates
and their respective continents began to drift across the globe to their present-day geographical locations.
Eighty million years ago, India was approximately 6400 km (3968 miles) south of the Eurasian plate.
Separating the two was theTethys Sea.The Indo-Australian tectonic plate was pushed northward by the convection currents
generated in the inner mantle.
For millions of years, India made its way across the sea toward the Eurasian plate.
As India approachedAsia, around 40 million years ago, theTethys Sea began to shrink and its seabed slowly pushed
upwards.
The Tethys Sea di sappeared completely around 20 mi lli on years ago and sedi ments ri si ng
from i ts se abe d forme d a moun tai n ran ge .

17. SOME PICS………

18. YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIMALAYA?
The literal translation of Himalayas is ‘Abode of Snow’,
which was coined by joining two Sanskrit words —
‘hima’ (snow) and ‘alaya’ (abode).
According to the Hindu mythology, Himalayas is the
home of God Shiva.

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