Geography Features
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GEOGRAPHY FEATURES
INTRODUCTION
The length of India from north to south is about 1,900 miles from east to west is about 1830 miles. The Indian peninsula forms a rough triangle framed on the north by the world's highest mountains, the Himalayas, and on the east, south and west by oceans. India consists of fertile river plains and high plateaus. Several major rivers such as Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus flow through India.
Landforms
The Himalayas are the highest mountain range in the world. They are located in northern India and southern China. They extend 1560 miiles of to northern India, and it is wide as 200 mi. India's tallest mountain is the Kanchenjunga, it is 28,208 feet tall. Many kinds of wild- life like tigers, monkeys, deer,and rhinoceros live in the foothills of the Himalayas.
The Daccan plateau lies in the southern part of peninsular India. The Satpura Range, the steep mountains slopes of western and Eastern Ghats formed it. Ghats are two conversing mountain ranges in southern India. Elevations in the plateau region average about 2,000ft,although outcroppings as high as 4,000feet occur. The Western Ghats vary in height
from about 3,000-4,000feet. The Eastern Ghats is much lower averaging 2,000feet. India supports sparse agriculture population and home industrialization in that area.
The main plains are in the northern part of India .The plains lay between the Himalayas and the southern peninsula. They are 1,500 miles long and have width of 200 mi. It also includes the valleys of the Indus, Ganges, and the Brahmaputra Rivers they are important in waterways in India. This region makes up the worlds most valuable plain because it is made up of soil left from the rivers that run through northern part of India. The flatness of the plains makes it easier to irrigate or farm. Many people live in this part of India.
Bodies of water
The Indian subcontinent has three great rivers, The Indus, Bramaputra, and the Ganges Rivers. The Indus is 2,900 km long; it starts in the Himalayas of western Tibet and flows all the way to Pakistan. The Bramaputra is the same length (2,900 km)
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