India bounded by:
Areas: 3.28 million sq.km
North to South: 3,200 Km
East to west: 2,900 Km
India is a diverse country in the following forms:
Despite these diversities, traditions that bind us as one nation.
India Locational setting:
Srilanka separated by Palk straits
The Maldives separated by the 8-degree channel
Alluvial deposits:
Rajasthan is the largest state of India
Goa is the smallest state
Physical division of India:
What are corals?
Coral islands are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. When the living polyps die; their skeletons are left; other polyps have grown top of the hard skeleton which higher and higher over time. Later, it forms the coral of the island.
- The lofty Himalayas in North
- The Arabian Sea in West
- Bay of Bengal in East
- The Indian Ocean in South
Areas: 3.28 million sq.km
North to South: 3,200 Km
East to west: 2,900 Km
India is a diverse country in the following forms:
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Wil life
- Language
- Culture
- Rainfall
- Temperature
- Population distribution
Despite these diversities, traditions that bind us as one nation.
India Locational setting:
- India Located in the northern hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere.
- Tropic of cancer(23.3 N) divided India approximately into two equal parts
- Mainland India lies:
- 8 4' N and 37 6' N latitudes
- 68 7' E and 97 25 ' E longitudes
Srilanka separated by Palk straits
The Maldives separated by the 8-degree channel
Alluvial deposits:
- These are very fine soils brought by the river and deposited in the river basin.
Rajasthan is the largest state of India
Goa is the smallest state
Physical division of India:
- Himalayan Mountains:
- It further divided into:
- The great Himalayas or Himandri
- Middle Himalayas: Himachal lies south of Himandri
- Shiwalik is the southernmost range
- Northern Indian Plains:
- It is created by alluvial deposits laid down by Indus, Ganga, and Brahmputra rivers and their tributaries.
- Great Indian Desert:
- Here very little vegetable.
- Dry, hot and sandy stretch of land.
- Peninsular Plateaus:
- In the northwest side: Aravali- oldest fold mountain;
- In the Westside: Western Ghats & Sahyadri
- In the eastern side: Eastern Ghats
- Vindhyas and Satpura ranges pass through peninsular plateaus.
- It is the roughly triangular shape
- Relief is highly uneven
- Western Ghats
- Eastern Ghats
- Coastal Plains
What are corals?
Coral islands are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. When the living polyps die; their skeletons are left; other polyps have grown top of the hard skeleton which higher and higher over time. Later, it forms the coral of the island.
Exercises
Q1. Name
the major physical divisions of India.
Answer: The following are the major physical division of India:
- Himalayan Mountains
- Great Indian Plains
- Great India Desert
- Peninsular Plateau
- Western Ghats
- Eastern Ghats
- Coastal Plains
Q2. India
shares its land boundaries with seven countries. Name them.
Answer:
The following are the seven countries:
- Pakistan: Western Side
- Afghanistan: Northwestern side
- China: Northern side
- Nepal: Northern side
- Bhutan: Northern Side
- Myanmar: Eastern Side
- Bangladesh: Eastern side
Q3. Which
two major rivers fall into the Arabian Sea?
Answer:
The following two rivers fall into the Arabian Sea:
- Narmada
- Tapi
Q4. Name the
delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.?
Answer:
- Sundarbans Delta
Q5. How
many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states
have a
common capital?
Answer:
At present:
States: 28 ( Andhra latest state)
Union Territories: 9( Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh are two new Union territories)
Common capital:
Chandigarh: Haryana and Punjab states
5. Why do
a large number of people live in the Northern Plains?
Answer:
Because of the following reasons:
- The abundance of water availability for potable and irrigation facilities.
- Fertile land provides high productivity for a large population
- Mild climate
- It is easy to build infrastructure such as home, roads, railways, etc in plains areas.
6. Why is Lakshadweep known
as a coral island?
Answer:
Because Lakshadweep island is built by coral polyps.
Coral islands are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. When the living polyps die; their skeletons are left; other polyps have grown top of the hard skeleton which higher and higher over time. Later, it forms the coral of the island.
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