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Our Country India

India is a land of diversity in all manners. From study. In fact, India has every possible landscape
culture, economy and even the landscape of that the earth has. From cold mountains to arid
India has diverse elements, all on one landmass. deserts, vast plains, hot and humid plateau, wide
The wide range of physical features of India sea shores, tropical islands and all the physical
makes the country a complete geographical features of India cover every terrain.

Tirich Mir
7690 K a r a k o r a m K u n l u n R a n g e
Khyber Pass K2 Gurla Mandhata (7363) Nozin Kang Sa (7252) Namcha Barwa (7756)
AFGHANISTAN 8611 Istoro Nal (7398) Kimpiri Diwar (7143) Rakaposhi (7788) Nanga Parbat (8126) Haramosh (7397) Dastegil Sar (7885) Kanju Sar (7760) Masherbrum (7821) Gasherbrum (8068) Saser Kangri (7672) Kedarnath (6968) Badarinath (7138) Nanda Devi (7817) Aling Kangri (7315) Churen Himal (7363) Dhaulagiri (8167) Annapurna (8163) Gosainthan (8013) Gauri Sankar (7144) Mt Everest (8848) Kanchenjunga (8598) Chomo Lhari (7327) Kula Kangri (7554)
Nanga Parbat Nun (7135) Saltoro (7742) Kamet (7756) Trisul (7140) Cho Oyu (8188) Makalu (8481) Pauhunri (7128) Kangto (7090)
8126 Metres 2 (8611) Api (7132)
KABUL Indus 9000 K
Wular Lake Ladakh Range
Srinagar
ISLAMABAD 8000
G
Pangong Tso 7000
Salt Range R Zaskar Mountains 6000
Jhelum
Chenab E A K A I L A S Major Peaks of the Himalaya (As viewed from the South)
Beas T
Ravi C H I N A
Shimla Kailas
P K I S T A N Chandigarh Kamet Rakas Lake 6714
Manasarowar
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Satluj 7756 ILake R A N G E
Dehra Dun Nanda Devi M Namcha Barwa
7817
7756
Ghagghar A L
N A T I B E T Tsangpo
Dhaulagiri Y Mishmi Hills
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Indus DELHI ROHILKHAND P 8167 Annapurna A Lohit
8078
GREAT INDIAN DESERT Yamuna Ganga Sarda Rapti A KATHMANDU 8848 Gangtok BHUTAN Itanagar Patkal Bum
PLAINS
Mr. Everest
Kanchenjunga
L
Daa Hills
8598
THIMPHU
Sambhar Salt Lake
g e Jaipur Lucknow Gandak Tista Manas Dispur Brahmaputra Mt Japvo
3014
AVADH
Luni a n P L A I N S O F T H E G A N G A Kosi Gare Kobima Alago Hills
Gomati
R MEWAR PLAINS Khas Hills
Ghaghara
i Chambal BUNDELKHAND Patna Hills Chindwin
l Banas Shilong Jaintio
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v e Hills
Guru Sikhar a Sind Ken Imphal
1722 r g Rajmahal BANGLADESH
A Gandhi Sagar Dhasan K a im ur Range Hills
RANN OF KACHCHH Betwa a n Govind Ballabh Parasnath Ajay Agartala Aizawl
Pant Sagar
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IN S U L Sabarmati MALWA PLATEAU h y BHANDER PLATEAU Son BAGHELKHAND CHOTA NAGPUR 1366 Damodar Hugli DHAKA
KACHCHH PEN
Padma
Gandhinagar V i n d Bhopal g e PLATEAU Mizo
Hills
Ranchi
Gulf of Kachchha
Mandav Hills I Narmada N R a n D Maikala Range I A Kolkata n s
IN S U L A S r a Mahadev Hills Su nd r a b a
KATHIAWAR PEN
a u Waingunga MYANMAR
Gir Rang h a t Tapi t p New Moore I
e m b Raipur Subarnarekhu Mouths of the Ganga
Diu h a Salher Brahmani (India)
(D & D) K f o f l u 1567 Mahanadi
G Satmala Hills A ja nt a R ange Bhubaneshwar Irrawaddy
Silvassa Penganga
Kalsubai
1646 Godavari
W
Mumbai Nimgiri Chilika Lake
Indravati 1515 S Mahendra Giri Arakan Coast
A R A B I A N E Manjra T 1501 B A Y
S E A S A U Sabari
Altitudes in metres Mahabaleshwar Bhima N T E A n c r i C s r a O F
1438
6000 A H e r
4500 T Hyderabad P L t r h B E N G A L
3000 A G N o
1500 E A Krishna Kolleru Lake
1000 A N N
600 R C G
300 Tungabhadra N R PHYSIOGRAPHIC Mouths of the
150 N C L A Irrawaddy
0 Panaji E E DIVISIONS
Hagari T Penneru
E T Coco Is
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200 A (Myanmar)
Coco Channel
D Pulicat Lake DELHI North
Depr 1000 H S
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Andaman Narcondam I
3000 A A Bengaluru A (India)
Chennai Middle
Palar Andaman
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(India)
Hills Puducherry Andaman
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I N D I A
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Duncan Passage
2637
Dada Betta Kaveri (INDIA) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Little SEA
C
BAY OF
Anaimalai
Kavaratti I ARABIAN BENGAL Andaman
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Vembanad 2695 Palk Strait SEA Ten Degree Channel
LAKSHADWEEP SEA
(INDIA)
A
Lake Anal Mudi Vaigai
Lakshadweep
Palk Bay REFERENCES
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Nine Degree Channel Northern Mountains Car Nicobar I
Thiruvananthapuram Hills Cardamom Adam's Bridge Northern Plains
T
Plateau ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
Minicoy I Gulf of INDIA
Mannar (INDIA) LAKSHADWEEP Coastal Plains
Eight Degree Channel Cape Comorin Sri Desert
Lanka Little
Nicobar
INDIAN OCEAN Great
SRI RAYEWARDENEPURA Nicobar
Maldives
I N D I A N O C E A N Great Channel
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