Relief
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Relief means the variation in the surface features of the land. India has a wide range of relief features such as lofty mountains, flat plains, plateaus, coastal plains, and islands. This diversity sh…
Why is India described as having great diversity of relief features?
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India has very different landforms in one country: high mountains, broad plains, old plateaus, narrow coastal strips, and islands. This variety makes the physical landscape highly diverse and gives In…
How is India broadly divided into relief divisions?
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India is generally divided into five relief divisions: the Himalayan Mountain Complex, the Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain, the Peninsular Plateau, the Coastal Plains, and the Islands. These major divis…
What is the Himalayan Mountain Complex?
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The Himalayan Mountain Complex is the northern mountain system of India. It stretches for about 2,400 km from the Indus in the west to the Brahmaputra in the east. It is made of three parallel ranges …
Name the three parallel ranges of the Himalayas.
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The three parallel ranges are: Great Himalayas or Inner Himalayas or Himadri, Lesser Himalayas or Middle Himalayas, and Outer Himalayas or Sub-Himalayas or Shiwalik Range. These ranges run almost para…
What are the main features of the Great Himalayas?
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The Great Himalayas are the highest mountain range of the Himalayan system. They always remain snow-covered, are also called Himadri, have an average altitude above 6,000 metres, and an average width …
What is special about Mount Everest in this chapter?
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Mount Everest is listed at 8,850 metres. It is one of the major peaks of the Great Himalayas and is among the highest peaks in the Himalayan system.
What are the Lesser Himalayas?
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The Lesser Himalayas lie south of the Great Himalayas. They run parallel to the Great Himalayas, have an average height of 3,700 to 4,500 metres, and are about 80 km wide on average. Important branche…
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