Which is the major physiographic division of India Contrast the relief of the Himalayan region with that the Peninsular Plateau.

Q- Which is the major physiographic division of India? Contrast the relief of the Himalayan region with that the Peninsular Plateau.

Answer:- Some of the major physiographic division of India are:-

· The Himalayan mountain

· The Peninsular Plateau

· The northern plains

· The Indian deserts

· The islands

· The coastal plains

Ø There are many mountains made due to strata formed by the sedimentary rocks

Ø It is made up of loftiest mountains and deep valleys

Ø The ranges have I – Shaped and U – shaped valleys

Ø It is the place where perennial rivers origin

Ø This region forms an unstable zone

Ø They are formed after the splitting of Gondwana it is made up of igneous and metamorphic rocks

Ø It consist of broad and shallow vallys and rounded hills

Ø It also has horsts rift valley and troughs

Ø It has seasonal river

Ø This region form a stable zone