5. • The Northern Mountains forms a wall in the
north of India.
• They originate as a series of ranges from the
Pamir Knot in Central Asia.
• The name Himalayas means abode of snow.
• These are young fold mountains.
• Extending from Jammu and Kashmir in the west
to Arunachal Pradesh in the East.
• There are three parallel ranges in the Himalayas-
1. The Himadri or Greater Himalayas
2. The Himachal or middle Himalayas
3. The Shivaliks or Lower Himalayas
6. The Himadri or Greater Himalayas
• Highest mountains averaging over 6,000 m.
• They have many loftiest peaks like The
Kachenjunga, Nanga Parbat, nanda Devi,
Kameet.
• These mountains have glaciers which are the
sources of perennial rivers.
• These mountain have high passes to facilitate
travel across mountains.
7. The Himachal or middle Himalayas
• They are located to the south of Greater
himalayas.
• Are about 1,500 to 3,500 m high.
• These are attaractive tourist spots and many
hill stations are located here.
8. The Shivaliks or Lower Himalayas
• Lowest ranges of the Himalayas.
• Referred to as foothills and are very broken
and continuous.
• Still under formation and prone to landslides.
• Average height of mountains less than 1500
m.
9. • Between the Shiwaliks and the Himachal range
are a series of beautiful longitudinal valleys called
Duns, which are rich grazing grounds.
• The hills in the North East are called Purvacha
ranges.
• The world’s wettest place, Mawsynram, near
Cherapunji is situated here.
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11. • The Northern plains lies to the south of
Himalayas.
• Extremely fertile.
• Formed by the deposition of alluvium brought
by three large rivers- The Indus
Ganga
Brahmaputra
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13. It consists of very old rocks
Lies to the south of Ganga plain.
The main plateau is divided into number of
smaller plateaus- the Malwa plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau
the deccan plateau
14. • These plateaus are rich in minerals and mining
is the most important activity here.
• Many rivers originate from the plateau region.
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16. • Lies to the North – western part of india.
• Extends westwards from the Aravalli Range to
the desert of Sindh in Pakistan.
• Receives very little rainfall.
• Agriculture is seasonal.
• Construction of the Indira Gandhi canal has
changed the landscape considerably.
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18. The coastal plains are divided into two parts.
1. Western coast
2. Eastern coast
• Western coast is located between the
western Ghats and the Arabian sea. The
Malabar Coast in Kerala has beautiful
backwaters and lagoons.
• Eastern coast is broad and extremely fertile
as the peninsular river enter the Bay of
Bengal.
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20. The Andaman and Nicobar islands
It is situated in bay of Bengal.
basically volcanic islands
sea around them has lot of coral reefs.
Most of the islands are uninhabited.
21. • THE LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
situated off the coast of Kerala in the arabian
sea.
Coral islands mainly
Not so large in size
Not so inhabited.
