A drainage system is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. A drainage basin is an extent or an area of...
Mount Abu Highest peak in the Aravalli Range Located in Sirohi district, Rajasthan. Highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar, at 1,722 metres Ancient name of Mount...
Eastern Ghats or Pūrbaghāṭa are a discontinuous range of mountains along India’s eastern coast. They run from West Bengal through Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in...
The Deccan Plateau covers the majority of the southern part of the country. It is located between three mountain ranges and extends over eight Indian states. The plateau...
The northern central highlands of peninsular India include the Aravallis, the Malwa Plateau, and some parts of Vindhyan Range. Aravallis Aravallis Range literally meaning ‘line of peaks’ running...
The Peninsular India comprises the diverse topological and climatic patterns of South India. The Peninsula is in shape of a vast inverted triangle, bounded on the west by...
Thar Desert or Great Indian Desert is the world’s ninth largest desert. It forms a significant portion of western India and covers an area of about 200,000 km²...
The Indo-Gangetic plains or the Great Plains are large alluvial plains dominated by three main rivers, the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra. The great plains of India run parallel...
Himalayas are also divided in terms of Eastern and Western Himalayas, the two parts which are different from each other in many ways. The following table makes these...
From a geological point of view, Himalayas can be divided into four zones. These zones are identified on the basis of age and composition of the rocks. Tibetan...
