OVERVIEW To the northwest of the Aravali hills lies the Great Indian desert. It is a land of undulating topography dotted with longitudinal dunes and barchans. This region receives low rainfall below... Read more »
OVERVIEW; The northern plains are formed by the alluvial deposits brought by the rivers – the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. These plains extend approximately 3,200 km from the east to... Read more »
OVERVIEW; The Himalayas consist of a series of parallel mountain ranges. Some of the important ranges are the Greater Himalayan range, which includes the Great Himalayas and the Trans-Himalayan range, the Middle Himalayas... Read more »
LOCATION; The northern boundary of the Peninsular Block may be taken as an irregular line running from Rann of Kachchh along the western flank of the Aravali Range near Delhi and then... Read more »