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You have already learnt earlier that Indiais a vast country with varied kind of terrain do you live in? Ifyou live in the plains you are familiar with thevast stretches of plain land. In contrast, if youlive in hilly region, the rugged terrain withmountains and valleys are common fact, our country has practically all majorphysical features of the earth mountains,plains, deserts, plateaus and islands. Youmust be wondering how these physicalfeatures have been formed. We will learn moreabout major PHYSICAL features of INDIA and howthey have been find different types of rocks; some arevery hard like marble which has been used formaking the Taj Mahal, and some are very softlike soap stone which is used in making talcumpowder. The colour of soil varies from one placeto the other because soil is formed out ofdifferent types of rocks.
namely– the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra along with their tributaries. This plain is formed of alluvial soil. The deposition of alluvium in a vast basin lying at the foothills of the Himalaya over millions of years, formed this fertile plain. It spreads over an area of 7 lakh sq. km. The plain being about 2400 Km
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