Physical Features of India

Physical Features of India

Class 9 Geography

Major Physiographic Divisions

• The Himalayan Mountains

• The Northern Plains

The Himalayan Mountains

The Himalayan Mountains

• Geologically and structurally fold mountains

• West-East Direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra

• Loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world

• Arc of about 2400 km
  

• Width varies from 400 km in Kashmir to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh

Open Ended

What are the features of the Himalayan Mountains?

Longitudinal Divisions of the Himalayas

They are lengthwise divisions

Himadri/Great Himalayas/Inner Himalayas

• Most Continuous Range

• Loftiest Peaks of average 6000 m

• All Prominent Himalayan Peaks

• Core - Granite

• Folds are asymetrical in Nature

• Perenially snow bound and has many glaciers