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Indian Desert The undulating sandy plains covered with sand dunes on the western fringes of the Aravali Hills comprise the Indian Desert . With rainfall as low as 150 mm per annum, this region is the aridest in the country and thus, low on greenery. The states of Rajasthan and northwestern parts of Gujarat collectively form the desert region. Coastal Plains Right on the outer edges of the Indian peninsula, lies the narrow strips of the coastal plains. These sea fed regions cover the shores of the Bay of Bengal in the East and the Arabian Sea on the West. The western coast along the Arabian Sea can again be divided into three sections- The Konkan Coast- covering coastal Maharashtra and Goa The Kannada Plains- covering coasts of Karnataka The Malabar Coast- covering Kerala On the other hand, the Eastern coast has two broad sections- The Northern Circar The Coromandel Coast Islands Two groups of islands lie on the two oceans surrounding the main landmass of ...

Peninsular Plateau  It has been formed due to the breaking and drifting of Gondwana land It covers a total area of about 16 lakh sq kilometers. The average height of the plateau is 600-900m above sea level Most of the peninsular rivers flow west to east indicating its general slope. Narmada-Tapti are the exceptions which flow from east to west in a rift The Peninsular Plateau is one of the oldest landforms of earth. Peninsular Plateau is an aggregation of several smaller plateaus, hill ranges interspersed with river basins and valleys. The plateau has broad shallow valleys and rounded hills.The entire plateau has been divided into two broad divisions by the rive Narmada. The part of Peninsular plateau lies towards the northward direction of river Narmada is called Central Highlands covering a major portion of malwa plateau and in other hand, the part of peninsular plateau situated towards the southward direction of river Narmada is known as ...

SECTORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES: 1. There are many activities that are undertaken by directly using natural resources. 2. For example, the cultivation of cotton. It takes place within a crop season. 3. When we produce a good by exploiting the natural resources, it is an activity of primary sector. 4. This is because it forms the base for all other products that we subsequently make. 5. Since most of the natural products we get are from agriculture, dairy, fishing, forestry, this sector is also called agriculture and related sector. 6. The secondary sector covers activities in which natural products are changed into other forms through ways of manufacturing that we associate with industrial activity. It is the next step after the primary. 7. Secondary sector gradually becomes associated with the different kinds of industries that came up, it is called as industrial sector. 8. After primary and secondary, there is a third category of activities that fall under tertiary s...

NORTHERN PLAINS The northern plains are an important physical division of India. It is also known as Indo - Gangetic plains. Location and Extent The Northern Plains are situated to the south of the himalayas.It is formed by the silt deposited by the Himalayas and its tributaries. These plains are the largest alluvial tract in the world.These plains extend approximately 3200 km from west to east. The average width of these plains varies between 150 and 300 km. Formation of Northern Plains The Northern Plain was formed by the deposits brought in the three major Himalayan rivers(Ganga,Indus and Brahmaputra) and their tributaries. These rivers resulted in the transport and deposition of smaller fragments of rock in the foothills of the Himalayas. Alluvium has been deposited in the foothills of the Himalayas for millions of years now. These deposits are the fertile Northern Plains.   Major Properties The northern plain is one of the largest an...

Overview of the topic: The earth is our common home where survival and development are not possible without the environment and resources available over it, but the resources responsible for our development have been available in limited quantity. These  resources due to its over exploitation have been depleting with rapid speed besides causing large number of environmental crisis and without the required state of environment survival and development would not take place. So, if we want to ensure our present as well as future needs of development we must need to conserve it.   Reasons for the environmental crisis: (1) Population Explosion The high rate of growth of population adversely affects the environment. It increases the demand for environmental resources but their supply is limited. This results in overuse and misuse of resources. (2) Rise in Economic Activity Rise in economic growth results in affluent consumption and production of goods and services....

PURVANCHAL The Brahmaputra marks the easternmost boundary of the Himalayas. Beyond the Dihang gorge, the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread along the Eastern Boundary of the India they are known as Purvanchal or the Eastern Hills and mountains. These Hills running through the North Eastern states are mostly composed of strong sandstones which are sedimentary rocks covered with dense forest the mostly done as parallel ranges and valleys the Purvanchal comprises the Patkai Hills, the naga Hills, Manipur Hills and the Mizo Hills or Blue mountains. After Mizoram the farthest extension of Himalaya enter into Myanmar where it start knowing as Arakanyoma