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प्रश्न
Give reasons to justify that the Himalayas act as a ‘climatic divide’.
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उत्तर
Himalayas are important for various reasons:
(i) It is the natural barrier.
(ii) Gives origin to great rivers of north India.
(iii) Is a source of timber and herbal products.
(iv) Acts as a barrier for the rain bearing winds of the Indian Ocean inducing them to give rain.
(v) It shuts off the cold winds of Central Asia.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the mountain ranges that lie along east and west of Pamir Knot.
Name the two component parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
Mention the sub-units into which the Deccan Plateau region can be divided.
Which mountains divide the Northern India and Peninsular India?
What is the importance of the Southern Plateau Region?
What, has been the influence of the Northern Mountain Wall on the Indian Sub-continent?
The Peninsular rivers not navigable.
Why is ‘The Delta region of the Indus is largely a waste land.’
One the map of India:
(a) Label the rivers: Mahanadi, Kaveri, Chambal, Betwa.
(b) Show by an arrow and name the Gulfs: Khambat, Kutch, Mannar
(c) Name the Lakes: Chilka and Pulicat.
(d) Write in bold letters Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean in their appropriate places.
Name the ranges in the western branch of the Himalayas.
