Here is your paragraph on the Origin of Indo-Gangetic Plain ! It is almost universally accepted that this vast plain has been formed as a result of filling of a deep depression lying between the Peninsular and the Himalayan region by the depositional work of the rivers coming from these two landmasses. However, divergent views have been expressed regarding the [...]
Here is your paragraph on the Punjab-Haryana plain! The Great Indian Desert imperceptibly gives way to the fertile plains of the Punjab and Haryana towards the east and north east. The entire plain extends for a length of 640 km in north-west to southeast direction and is about 300 km wide in east-west direction. The total area of this plain [...]
Here is your paragraph on the Brahmaputra Plain: This is also known as the Brahmaputra valley or Assam Valley or Assam Plain as most of the Brahmaputra valley is situated in Assam. Though often treated as the eastern continuation of the Great Plain of India, it is a well-demarcated physical unit girdled by the Eastern Himalaya of Arunachal Pradesh in [...]
Here is your short paragraph on the Peninsular Plateau of India! The Peninsular Plateau of India is roughly triangular in shape with base coinciding with the southern edge of the great plain of North India and its apex is formed by Kanniyakumari in the southern extremity. The northern boundary of the Peninsular block is an irregular line running from Kuchchh [...]
Here is your paragraph on the coastline of India! India has about 6100 km long coast most of which is more or less uniform and regular with a few creeks, inlets, back waters and promontories here and there. Success has opined that the straight and regular coastline of India is the result of disruption and faulting of the Gondwanaland during [...]
Here is your short paragraph on the geological regions of India! The geological structure, which includes the arrangement and deposition of rocks in the earth’s crust, plays a dominant role in determining the relief of land and nature of soil. It also helps in knowing about the vast mineral wealth buried beneath the earth’s surface. As such, study of geological [...]
Here is your short paragraph on India’s frontiers: Encompassed between the Himalayas in the north, north-west and north-east, the Indian Ocean in the south and marshy Rann of Kachchh, vast desert of Rajasthan and fertile plain of Punjab in the west, India has both land and water frontiers. Land Frontiers: India shares her 15,200 long land frontier with Pakistan, in [...]
Here is your paragraph on Geography of India! India is a country of great geographical extent. It sprawls from the snowy ranges of the Himalayas in the north to the shores of the Indian Ocean in the south. It belongs to Asia which is the largest continent of the world. It forms a part of south Asia and is separated [...]
Read this paragraph on Indian Ocean: Paragraph on Indian Ocean ! With an estimated area of about 73,442,700 sq km the Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world after the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Although the Indian Ocean is much smaller in size than the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, yet it is of immense [...]
Here is your short Paragraph on India's Strategic Position on the Globe with respect to Trade! India stands at the head of the Indian Ocean at the very centre of the Eastern Hemisphere commanding trade routes running in all directions. Its location, size and economic resources have made it the most dominating country among the littoral states. Indian Ocean is [...]