1. POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL DIVISION
INDIA
POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL DIVISION
Prepared by:
Ms Reshma Mhaskar
Pawar Public School
Kandivali
By Savita

4. PHYSICAL DIVISION
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
NORTHERN PLAINS
THAR DESERT

5. LOCATION OF HIMALAYAS

6. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
LOCATION – North of India
HIGHEST PEAK- K2 (Godwin Austen)
MEANING – Abode of snow
IMPORTANCE- Climate, Rivers, important passes

7. K2

8. K2
The “K” denotes the mountain range — Karakoram — and the “2” denotes that it is the second peak recorded.
K2 has also been nicknamed “The Savage Mountain” because of the extreme level of danger it poses to climbers.

9. K2
Mt. K2 was named 'Mount Godwin-Austen' after Col. Henry Godwin-Austen (an Englishman), who was a surveyor, naturalist, topographer, and geologist. He was the first one to survey this mountain peak.

10. PHYSICAL DIVISION GREATER HIMALAYAS LESSER HIMALAYAS OUTER HIMALAYAS
PURVANCHAL RANGE

11. HIMALAYAS

12. CLASSIFICATION OF HIMALAYAS
GREATER HIMALAYAS:
Highest range
Mt Everest
Average height 6000
Covered with snow
Origin of rivers

13. GREATER HIMALAYAS

14. LESSER HIMALAYAS Middle Himalayas Height 4500m. Pir Panjal range
Important hill stations Nainital, Mussoorie

15. LESSER HIMALAYAS

16. OUTER HIMALAYAS
Southern most range Also known as Shiwalik range Height 1500m Soft mud usually leads to landslides.

17. OUTER HIMALAYAS

18. PURVANCHAL RANGE
Eastern boundary of India
Garo , khasi, Jaintia hills

19. PURVANCHAL

20. IMPORTANCE OF HIMALAYAS
Natural boundary.
Climatic barrier
Perennial rivers.
Important resource like timber

21. NORTHERN PLAINS

22. NORTHERN PLAINS

23. NORTHERN PLAINS
PUNJAB PLAINS
GANGA BASIN
BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY

24. IMPORTANCE FERTILE GOOD NETWORK OF RAIL AND ROAD TRANSPORT
CHEAP WATER TRANSPORT

25. THAR DESERT

26. THAR DESERT

27. THAR DESERT Area- Rajasthan, Gujrat , small area of Punjab
Rainfall- 20 – 25 cms
Temperature- 52 C
Climate- Dust storms
Rivers- Few rivers

28. RIVERS

29. PENINSULA PLATEAU REGION

30. Formation of Deccan Plateau

31. PLATEAUS

33. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
DECCAN PLATEAU

34. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IGNEOUS ROCKS SERIES OF RANGES LIKE MALWA PLATEAU
RIVERS LIKE SON, SINDH FLOW IN THIS AREA

36. DECCAN PLATEAU North- Vindya range East- Eastern Ghats
West – Western Ghats
Formed due to lava flow
Basalt rocks
Cotton
Known for minerals

37. RIVERS

38. WESTERN GHATS River Tapi to Kanyakumari Lie towards Arabian sea
Steep from the western coast
All rivers originate from the western ghats

39. EASTERN GHATS Mahanadi valley to Nilgiri hills
Lie towards Bay of Bengal
Rise gently from the east coast
Only Mahanadi river originates from here

40. COASTAL PLAINS
WESTERN COASTAL PLAINS
EASTERN COASTAL PLAINS

41. COASTAL PLAINS

42. INDENTED COASTLINE

43. WESTERN COASTAL PLAINS
Lie between Western Ghats and Arabian sea
Narrow and uneven
Gets a lot of rain from south west monsoon winds
Indented ports
Konkan- Maharashtra
Kanara- Karnataka
Malabar- Kerela

44. EASTERN COASTAL PLAINS
Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal
Alluvial soil due to deltas
Silting makes it difficult for ports

45. EASTERN COASTAL PLAINS

46. ISLANDS ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR REGION BAY OF BENGAL LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
ARABIAN SEA

47. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND

48. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND

49. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND

51. LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS

52. LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS