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Physical Geography of India, , e India has a vast diversity in physical, , features., , e This diversity of landmass is the, result of the large landmass of India, formed during different geological, periods and also due to various, geological and geomorphological, processes that took place in the, , crust., , e According to Plate Tectonic theory, folding, faulting and volcanic activity, are the major processes involved in, the creation of physical features of, the Indian landscape. For example,, the formation of the Himalayas in, the north of the country is attributed, to the convergence of Gondwana, , land with the Eurasian plate., , e The Northern part of the country has

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2, , 3., , 4., , The Northern part of the country has, a vast expanse of — rugged, topography consisting of a series of, mountain ranges with varied peaks,, , beautiful valleys and deep gorges., , The Southern part of the country, consists of stable tableland with, highly dissected plateaus, denuded, rocks and developed series’ of, , scarps., , The Great Northern Plains lies, , between these two landscapes., , The physical features of India can be, grouped under’ the following, , Physiographic Divisions:, , . The Himalayas, , The Northern Plains, The Peninsular Plateau, , The Indian desert

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5. The Coastal Plains, , 6. The Islands, , (Figure: various physical features of India), , , , , , , INDIA 36'N +, RELIEF, , 4 m, , CHINA, (TIBET)

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The Himalayas, , e The Himalayas are young fold, mountains that form the northern, , boundary of the country., , e The Himalayas is divided based on, two lines: one is longitudinal, divisions and the other is from west, , to east., , e The Himalayas consists of a series of, , parallel mountain ranges., , e The Himalayas form an arc, which, covers a distance of about 2400 km, and the width varies from 400 km in, the west to 150 km in the east., , e The altitudinal variations are greater, in the eastern part than in the, , western part.

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e On the basis of longitudinal extent,, the Himalayas consists of three, , parallel ridges: The Greater, , , , imalayas or Inner Himalayas or, , , , imadri; Himachal or lesser, , , , , , imalaya and the outer or Shiwalik, , , , Himalayas., , e The Greater Himalayas are the most, continuous ranges consisting of the, , loftiest peaks with an average height, of 6000m., , e The folds of the Great Himalayas are, , asymmetrical in nature., , e The core part of the Himalayas, , consists of granites.