Geography -physical features

I took a break( sort of ) for 3 days.And, today I studied some geography. Its going on a snail's pace.

Its becoming really difficult for me, and therefore this entry to jolt down what I retain.So here it goes.

The main physical features of India are

1.Northern mountains
2.Northern Plains
3.Plateau
4.Desert
5.Coastal Plains
6.Island

1.Northern mountains

It consists of
a.Karakoram range - north of Indus River
b.Central Mountain ranges / Himalayas
c.Purvanchanl Ranges


Himalayas can be studied

1.Latitude wise 2.longitude wise

1.Latitude wise.

1a.Himadri/greater Hmalayas- Contains all the tallest and snow covered ranges.eg: Mt Everest,K2 etc.
Average height-6400 m

1b.Himachal Himalayas/ Lesser himalayas- Avg height-4500m, tourist places like gulmarg,sonmarg etc are situated in this mountain ranges.

1c.Shivalik Range- Avg height-900 to 1100m- Dharamshala, Riskikesh etc are situated here.

2.Longitude wise(from west to east)

2a.Kashmir Himalayas -between river Indus and Sutlej
2b.Kumaon Himalayas- between river Sutlej and Kali
2c.Nepal Himalayas-between river Kali and Teesta
2d.Assam Himalayas- between river Teesta and Brahmaputra


3.Purvanchal Himalayas Consists of
3a.Patkai Range
3b.Naga hills
3c.Mizo hills
3d. Garo Hills
3e. Khasi hills
3f.Jaintia hills

The main Mountain ranges in India are

1.Himalayas
2.Purvanchal
3.Eastern Ghats
4.Western Ghats
5.Aravali Range
6.Vindhya range
7.Satpura Range

 2.Northern Plains

River wise
2a.Indus and its tributries viz Jhelum,Chenab,Ravi,Beas,Satluj-Punjab & Haryana  region
2b.Ganaga and its tributries viz yamuna,ghagara,kali,kosi,teesta,son,ghandhak,chambal- Delhi,UP,Bihar,WB etc
2c.Brahmaputra- Assam Valley plains

Relief wise:
2d.Bhabar:pebble region at the foothills of the Shivalik
2e.Tarai: Marshy Area-where the streams   reappear
2f.Bhangar- Upland area-West of Kanpur- Old Alluvial soil area
2g.Kadhar- Low land area-East of kanpur- New Alluvial Soil area.


3.Plateau

3a.Central Highlands

3a.a Malwa plateau
3a.b Chotanagpur plateau- Mineral rich and Backbone of our economy/Industries
3a.c Deccan Plateau- Black soil region
3a.d Meghalaya Plateau
 

4.Deserts

4a.Cold Deserts- ladakh region and Gangotri glacier region
4b.Hot Deserts - Thar Deserts, futher bi-furcated into arid and semi-arid regions.


5.Coastal Plains.

5a.Saurashtra Coast- from Okha to Mumbai
5b.Konkan Coast- from Mumbai to Mangalore
5c.Malabar Coast- from Mangalore to Tuticurin
5d.Coromandel Coast- from Tuticurin to Vizag
5e. Utkal Coast Coast- formVizag to Paradip
5g.Banga Coast- from Paradip to end of the Indian Coast line.
 

6. Islands

1.Andaman and Nicobar- Volacnic Islands
2. Lakshadweep- coral reef Island.

There it goes ....