The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is the world’s ninth-largest desert, forming a large part of western India and extending into eastern Pakistan, where...
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...
From west to East, Himalayas have been divided into six regions viz. Kashmir Himalayas, Himachal Himalayas, Kumaun Himalayas, Central & Sikkim Himalayas, Arunachal Himalayas and Purvachal Himalayas. The...
Himalayas can be divided into several geographical regions, which are distinct in flora and fauna also. These different regions, demarcated at various thrust and faults, make the climate...
The Himalayan mountain system is the world’s highest, and home to the world’s highest peaks including Mount Everest and K2. This system also includes Karakoram, Hindu Kush and...
Coal has played a central role in the industrial and economic development of India, forming the backbone of thermal power generation, iron and steel production, and several other...
India, being a large country, has diverse geology. Different regions in India contain rocks of all types belonging to different geologic periods. Some of the rocks are badly...
India is mostly located on the Indian Plate, which is generally called the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate. Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, New Zealand...
