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geography Natural vegetation PLATEAUS, COASTAL PLAINS &ISLANDS PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PENINSULAR PLATEAU ❖ Roughly triangular in shape with its base coinciding with the southern edge of the great plain of North India. Apex of the t...

geography Natural vegetation PLATEAUS, COASTAL PLAINS &ISLANDS PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PENINSULAR PLATEAU ❖ Roughly triangular in shape with its base coinciding with the southern edge of the great plain of North India. Apex of the triangular plateau is at Kanyakumari. ❖ It covers a total area of about 16 lakh sq km. ❖ The average height of the plateau is 600-900 m above sea level. ❖ The Peninsular Plateau is one of the oldest landforms of earth. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Bundelkhand Plateau The Yamuna River runs through the north, the Madhya Bharat Pathar runs through the west, the Vindhyan Scarplands go through the east and south- east, and the Malwa Plateau runs through the south. It is the ancient dissected (split by several deep valleys) upland of the 'Bundelkhand gneiss,' which is made up of granite and gneiss. It is divided into five districts in Uttar Pradesh and four districts in Madhya Pradesh. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Malwa Plateau ❖The Malwa Plateau roughly forms a triangle based on the Vindhyan Hills, bounded by the Aravali Range in the west and Madhya Bharat Pathar to the north and Bundelkhand to the east. ❖It is composed of extensive lava flow and is covered with black soils. ❖ It spreads over :Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Chotanagpur Plateau ❖It spreads over Jharkhand, northern part of Chhatisgarh and Purulia district of West Bengal. ❖The Son river flows in the north-west of the plateau and joins the Ganga. ❖The average elevation of the plateau is 700 m above sea level. ❖Important coalfields in this region are Jharia, Raniganj, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Karanpura. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Mountains of Peninsular Plateau ❖The Aravalli Range is running approximately 670 km in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. ❖The highest peak is Guru Shikhar on Mount Abu at 1,722 m. ❖Haldighati is a historical mountain pass which connects Rajsamand and Udaipur districts. ❖Vindhya Range, broken range of hills forming the southern escarpment of the central upland of India. From Gujarat state on the west, it extends about 1,086 km across Madhya Pradesh state to Uttar Pradesh. ❖The highest point of the Vindhyas is the Sad-bhawna Shikhar ("Goodwill Peak"), which lies 752 metres. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT ❖The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh. ❖The hills stretch for some 900 km. ❖Dhoopgarh(1,350 metres) is the highest point in the Satpura Range. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Deccan Plateau ❖It covers an area of about five lakh sq km. ❖It is triangular in shape and is bounded by the Satpura and the Vindhya in the north-west, the Mahadev and the Maikal in the north, the Western Ghats in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the east. ❖Its average elevation is 600 m. ❖Its general slope is from west to east which is indicated by the flow of its major rivers. ❖This plateau further divided as: 1. Maharashtra Plateau( covered by black cotton soil known as regur) 2. Karnataka Plateau 3. Telangana plateau 4. Chhatisgarh Basin PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Coastal Plains of India PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Coastal Plains of India ❖ The coastal plains of India run on both the sides of the Peninsular plateau of India. It can broadly be divided as Western coastal plain and Eastern Coastal Plain. Both these coastal plains meet at the southernmost tip of India known as Kanyakumari. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT West Coastal Plains ❖ The Western Coastal Plain stretches from Kanyakumari in the South to south of Surat in Gujarat in the north. It passes along the states of Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. ❖ The Western Coastal Plains are divided into different regions namely Konkan coast ( Mumbai to Goa), Kanara coast (Karnataka) and Malabar coast(Kerala) , Gujarat Plain. ❖ To the north of the west coast there are two gulfs namely Gulf of Khambhat and Gulf of Kutch. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT East Coastal Plain ❖ It is the wider coastline which lies between Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal. It is much wider and drier than the West Coast of India. ❖ It spreads over Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. Rivers like Mahanadi, Kaveri, Krishna and Godavari which drain in this plain form major Deltas in Eastern coastal plains. ❖ It is known as Utkal plains in Odisha, Northern Circars between Rushikula and Krishna rivers and the coromandel coast from Krishna river to Kanyakumari. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Islands of India ❖Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar island are the two major island groups of India. Lakshadweep ❖ Lakshadweep is the island group of 36 islands that has coral origin. ❖It is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks and ten inhabited islands. ❖It further divided as Amindive group(North) and Minicoy Group(South). ❖Lakshadweep is India’s smallest Union Territory(32 sq.km). ❖The population in this island is approximately 65,000 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT ❖The Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory Lakshadweep in India. ❖Minicoy is the largest(4.5 sq.km) and has a light house and weather observatory. ❖It is situated at a distance of 109 km from Calicut, Kerala(main land). ❖Hills and streams are absent in this island. ❖Eight degree channel separates Lakshadweep from Maldives. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Andaman and Nicobar Island ❖The Andaman and the Nicobar Islands lies to the southeast of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal. It is a group of 572 islands of which only 36 are inhabited. The Middle Andaman is the largest one. ❖The Andaman Islands have been formed by extension of tertiary mountain chain of Arakamayoma (so tectonic islands) and Nicobar islands have coral origin. ❖Barren Island and Narcodom islands are two active volcanic islands situated within 80kms east of Andaman. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT Features ❖Port Blair is the capital of Andaman Nicobar Islands(South Andaman). ❖Saddle peak(737 m) is the highest peak in North Andaman. followed by Mount Thullier (642 metres) on Great Nicobar and Mount Harriet (365 metres) on South Andaman. ❖Duncan Passage located in between South Andaman and Little Andaman. ❖10 degree channel separates Andaman group from Nicober group. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT ❖The Nicobar group is consists of 19 islands of which 11 are inhabited. The largest is Great Nicobar (southern most island of India). Indira Point In Andaman ❖The southernmost part of India is the Indira Point is located in the island of Andaman and Nicobar. It is a village in the Nicobar island and the exact location of the point is in the great Nicobar Tehsil. The place was named as Indira point after the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. The point was earlier known as Pygmalion Point and Parsons Point. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS USE CODE: Y595 FOR EXTRA DISCOUNT HOW TO PURCHASE COURSES FROM ADDA 247 ADDA247 ODIA APP STORE LIVE CLASSES COURSE NAME USE CODE: Y595 USE CODE: WWW. Adda247 All Courses State Exams Odisha OPSC COURSE Y595