Category 14 · Geography
India: Plains, Plateau, Coasts and Islands
8 micro topics in Geography for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain; Peninsular Plateau and Minor Plateaus; and 6 more.
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Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain
The Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain is the largest alluvial tract in the world, about 3,200 km long, built by the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra systems in a trough between the Himalayas and the Peninsula. Its alluvium is divided…
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Peninsular Plateau and Minor Plateaus
The Peninsular Plateau is a stable block of ancient gneisses and schists covering about 1.6 million square kilometres, with an average height of 600 to 900 m, sloping from west to east. It is made of…
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Hill Ranges of the Peninsular Plateau
The hill ranges of the Peninsular Plateau are mostly relict or residual hills, the worn-down remains of much older mountains. They include the Aravalli, the oldest fold mountains of India, the Vindhyan and Satpura ranges that…
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Coastline of India – Emergence and Submergence
India's coastline of 7,516.6 km is straight and regular because it follows the faults made when Gondwanaland broke up, so it has few natural harbours. A coastline of emergence results from uplift of land or fall…
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Western Coastal Plains of India
The Western Coastal Plain is a narrow strip, about 65 km wide on average, between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, from the Rann of Kachchh to Kanyakumari. Its divisions are the Kachchh and Kathiawar…
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Eastern Coastal Plains of India
The Eastern Coastal Plain stretches from the Subarnarekha river on the West Bengal-Odisha border to Kanyakumari, with an average width of about 120 km, much broader than the west coast. It is built by the deltas…
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an archipelago of several hundred islands in the Bay of Bengal, between about 6 degrees 45 minutes and 13 degrees 45 minutes north, stretching about 590 km. They are the…
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Lakshadweep Islands and New Moore Island
Lakshadweep is a Union Territory of small coral islands and atolls in the Arabian Sea, about 200 to 440 km off the Kerala coast, built on the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge. It has about 36 islands, of which…
Frequently asked questions
Which topics are in India: Plains, Plateau, Coasts and Islands?
India: Plains, Plateau, Coasts and Islands has 8 micro topics in Geography: Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra Plain; Peninsular Plateau and Minor Plateaus; Hill Ranges of the Peninsular Plateau; Coastline of India – Emergence and Submergence; Western Coastal Plains of India; Eastern Coastal Plains of India; Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Lakshadweep Islands and New Moore Island.
Is India: Plains, Plateau, Coasts and Islands important for UPSC Prelims?
India: Plains, Plateau, Coasts and Islands is a part of the UPSC Prelims Geography syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 8 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.