Topography of India :
Three main geological regions:
Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayas,
collectively known as North India; and
Peninsula or South India. Ten physiological
regions: Indo-Gangetic Plain, northern
mountains of the Himalayas, Central
Highlands, Deccan or Peninsular Plateau,
East Coast (Coromandel Coast in south), West
Coast (Konkan, Kankara, and Malabar coasts),
Great Indian Desert (known as Thar Desert in
Pakistan) and Rann of Kutch, valley of the
Brahmaputra River in Assam, northeastern
hill ranges surrounding Assam Valley, and
islands of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. |