India has several major physical features including mountains, rivers, plains, plateaus, and coastal areas. The Himalayas in the north contain high mountains. Major river systems include the Indus and Ganges rivers which flow through the large and fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain. In the south is the Deccan Plateau surrounded by the Western and Eastern Ghats mountain ranges. Coastal areas include the Eastern and Western Coastal Plains as well as island territories like the Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.