Geographical Features of India

The accumulation of information regarding the geographic formation of a country has been considered as the geographic features of that particular country. Based on this factual information, the current study has aimed to introduce some geographical features that India has within the geographical boundaries of India. Following the natural geographic formation of India, this particular study will include a fair representation of the Indian geographic features. In addition, the discussion of the current study will involve information regarding the Himalayan Mountains, Indian desert and the Islands as a part of India’s geographical features. 

Explanation of Geography of India 

The geography of India has been considered the most diverse one. The presence of snow-capped mountain ranges along with the presence of the desert make the geographical features more diverse in India. Most of the Indian subcontinent has been situated on the Indian Plate and the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate. In addition, the geographical location provides India with a coastline that is nearly 7,000 kilometres. The locations of the Arabian Sea in the Southwest part of India and the presence of the Bay of Bengal in the southeast have provided such a unique and diverse geographical feature to the continents of India. 

Origin of the Indian landscape

As per the information, millions of years ago, India used to be a part of the oldest landmass that is a part of Gondwana Land. Along with India, South America and South Africa were other parts of the Gondwana land. Eventually, the shifting of the landmass on that the country India is located has been broken in the invalidation of Ocean current into multiple pieces.  During the shifting of Indo-Australian plates, a collision with the Eurasian Plate had taken place that gave birth to the mountain range that is situated in the northern part of India and is recognised as the Himalayan Mountain range. 

Representation of the geographic features

Being divided into seven different geographic regions, the geographical features of India has become diverse. 

• This diverse geographical feature of India includes different aspects such as the mountain range of the Himalayas alongside the northeast mountain range. 

• In addition, the geographical features of this country have included the Indo-Gangetic Plains.

• The desert is located within the geographical boundary of India has been included in the lists of geographical features

• East costs, west coasts and the islands have been considered a part of the geographic features of India

Explanation of Himalayan Mountains and Northern Plains 

The Himalayan mountain range and the northern plains have been recognised as the most significant one among geographical features of India. This particular range of mountains has been stretched across more than 2500 kilometres. It starts from Kashmir in the north and stretches through Arunachal Pradesh in the North East of India. The three major systems of India include rivers such as Ganga and Brahmaputra. The presence of the river basins helps the surrounding areas’ landscape to become fertile. This particular area has been divided into three significant parts such as the Ganga Plains, the Punjab plains and the Brahmaputra Plains. 

Explanation of Indian Desert and Coastal Plains

The Indian desert comprises the sand dunes that have been situated on the western fringes of the Aravalli Hills. The rainfall has been recorded lower, that is nearly 150mm per annum. Therefore, very low greenery has been seen and identified in these particular sandy plains. On the other hand, the coastal plains have been considered the narrow strips located on the outer edge of the Indian peninsula. This part of Indian geographic features has been divided into three sections including the Malabar Coast, The Konkan Coast and the Kannada Plains. 

Explanation of Islands as a geographical feature

Surrounding the main landmass of India, there are two groups of islands situated in two oceans. The presence of these two groups of Islands generally helps to create diversity and makes the geographical features complete of the Indian subcontinent. These two islands have been divided into two major island states. The names of these two major island states are Lakshadweep, which is located near the Malabar Coast, and the other one is Nicobar and Andaman Islands. These previously mentioned groups of Islands have been located on the Bay of Bengal.

Conclusion   

In order to sum up all that has been stated so far in the current study, it can be stated that this study has been aimed to discuss the different geographical features of India. In order to describe the geographical features of that country, the discussion has included an overview that represents the political and geographical boundaries of India. The discussion of this study has further included explanations regarding Himalayan Mountains along with the origin of the Indian landscape as well. In addition, the explanations of the Indian desert and the Islands have been included in the discussion part.