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A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY Chhayya Singh CLASS-MYP-1. MAJOR LANDFORMS OF INDIA. India is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Some places have high mountains and hills, while others have flat lands. India has mountains, hills, plains, plateaus and desert. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY Chhayya Singh CLASS-MYP-1
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A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BYChhayya Singh CLASS-MYP-1

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India is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

Some places have high mountains and hills, while others have flat lands.

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All along the north are the Great Himalaya mountain ranges. The Himalaya is the highest mountain range in the world. There are many peaks in these mountains and most of them remain covered with snow almost throughout the year.

Many rivers start from the mountains.

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The central and southern parts of India too have mountain ranges. The Vindhya and Satpura ranges are in central India, and the Nilgiri Hills are in the south.

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Many parts of India have flat and level land.

These are the plains. To the south of the Himalaya, lie the

great plains of India. Many rivers such as the Ganga

and Yamuna flow through the plains. These rivers have made the land

green and fertile.

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There are narrow strips of plain land along the eastern and the western coasts. These plains meet at Kanniyakumari. Many rivers such as Narmada, Godavari and Kaveri flow through these plains and fall into the sea.

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The southern part of India looks like a cone in shape. It has a flat and uneven surface, though it is higher than the surrounding plains.This type of land is called a Plateau.

The Southern Plateau covers the largest part of our country.

The area is surrounded by hill ranges on all three sides.

The Southern Plateau is also called the Deccan Plateau.

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A large area of land covered with sand is called a desert.

In the north-western part of India is the Indian Desert or the Thar Desert.

It covers parts of Rajasthan. This area is mostly hot and dry and there is

very little rain. Very few plants and trees grow in such places. The camel is the most important animal in

the desert. It can live without water for many days.

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INDIAN PENINSULA INDIAN PENINSULA

The southern part of The southern part of India is surrounded by India is surrounded by large water bodies on large water bodies on three sides and three sides and this type this type of land is called a of land is called a Peninsula.Peninsula.

The Indian Peninsula The Indian Peninsula has the Arabian sea in has the Arabian sea in the west, the Bay of the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east and Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean the Indian Ocean towards the south.towards the south.

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There are two groups of Islands in these water bodies.

An island is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.

The group in Bay of Bengal is called Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The group is in the Arabian Sea is called the Lakshadweep.

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The  Ganges Delta (also Sunderban Delta  or the Bengal Delta) is a  river delta  in the South Asia region, consisting of Bangladesh  and the state of  West Bengal,  India. It is the world's largest delta, and empties into the  Bay of Bengal. It is also one of the most fertile regions in the world, thus earning the nickname The Green Delta.

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