Correct Answer - Option 1 : Elevated peninsula region
The physical features of India can be grouped under the following physiographic divisions.
- The Himalayan Mountains
- The Northern Plains
- The Peninsular Plateau
- The Indian Desert
- The Coastal Plains
- The Islands
The Himalayan mountain range is separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
Tibetan Plateau:
- The Tibetan Plateau is also known in China as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia, covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Northwestern Yunnan, the Western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu and Qinghai provinces in Western China, Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Bhutan.
The Indian Desert |
- The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills.
- Luni is the only large river in this region.
- Barchans dunes cover larger areas but longitudinal dunes become more prominent near the Indo-Pakistan boundary.
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The Coastal Plains |
- The western coastal plain and Eastern coastal plain are the two important coastal plains in India.
- The western coastal plain lies between Western Ghat and the Arabian sea.
- The Eastern coastal plain lies between Eastern Ghat and the Bay of Bengal.
- Kanyakumari is the meeting place of the western coastal plain and Eastern coastal plain
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The Northern Plains |
- Also called Indus-Ganga Plain.
- The largest alluvial plain in the world.
- The largest agricultural division in India.
- Rice and Jute are the main crops.
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The Peninsular or Deccan Plateau |
- Oldest physiographic division of India.
- The highest peak is Anamudi.
- Largest physiographic division of India.
- Aravalli, western Ghat, and Eastern Ghat are the important mountain ranges in the Peninsular plateau.
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The Island region |
- The major island groups of India are the Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea.
- there are islands in the Indo-Gangetic Delta and between India and Sri Lanka.
- The Indo-Gangetic Plain is divided into two drainage basins by the Delhi Ridge.
- The western part drains to the Indus.
- The Eastern part consists of the Ganga–Brahmaputra drainage system in Assam.
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Therefore, from the above discussion, we may say that the Elevated peninsula region is not a part of the Indian physiographic division.