Geo Pg.94 Flashcards
What are the major physical divisions of India?
India can be divided into the following major physical divisions: The Northern Mountains, The Northern Plains, The Peninsular Plateau, The Coastal Plains, Thar Desert, The Islands.
What is the Northern Plains?
The Northern Plains is an exclusive lowland drained by large rivers, located between the Northern Mountains in the north and the plateau in the south.
What do the Northern Mountains include?
The Northern Mountains include the Himalayas and other mountain ranges.
How long do the Himalayas extend?
The Himalayas extend as an arc shape from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, covering a length of nearly 2,500 km.
What is the width of the Himalayas?
The width of the Himalayas is nearly 150 km in the east.
What are the traditional limits of the Himalayas?
The traditional limits of the Himalayas are the Indus Valley in the west and the Brahmaputra Valley in the east.
What type of mountains are the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are young mountains consisting of sedimentary rocks, folded and uplifted in recent geological periods.
Which peaks in the Himalayas exceed 8,000 m?
Some of the Himalayan peaks such as Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga have heights exceeding 8,000 m.
What does ‘Himalaya’ literally mean?
‘Himalaya’ literally means ‘the abode of snow’.
