Geography of India

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  Geography of India

  The land of India is shaped roughly like a diamond. Its southern part forms a triangular peninsula projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean. Two parts of this ocean, the Arabian...

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  Geology of India

  Geology is the branch of science concerned with the structure and formation of the Earth, the rocks of which it consists, and the processes by which they change over time. The...

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  Climate of India

  India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas, along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan, act like a wall to prevent cold winds...

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  Himalayas

  A broad arc of high mountain ranges—the Himalayas, the Karakoram and, to the northwest, the Hindu Kush—marks the northern edge of the Indian subcontinent. These mountains were...

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  Indo-Gangetic Plain

  The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a vast, level expanse of alluvium—silt, sand or gravel—laid down by the Himalayan rivers. These are the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, together...

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  Peninsular Plateau

  South of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, extending across central and southern India, lies the Peninsular Plateau, a huge tableland with rounded hills and shallow valleys. Running along...

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  Northeast India

  Northeast India is linked to the rest of India by a narrow stretch of land—just 22 kilometres (14 miles) wide—between the border of Nepal on the one side and Bangladesh on the...

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