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प्रश्न
(i) Define Coral Islands and Volcanic Islands.
(ii) Define Lagoons.
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उत्तर
(i) Coral Islands: When Coral polyps die, their skeletons turn into large masses of white calcium carbonate, giving rise to white sands. Lakshadweep is coral island.
Volcanic Islands: Many of the islands of the Andaman and Nicobar are volcanic in nature.
(ii) Lagoons are salt water lakes which are almost separated from the Sea by the formation of sandbars along the coast.
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Name the two component parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
“Access through Western Ghats is difficult.” Why?
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Where does the Malwa Plateau lie and how it is formed?
How has the lava-flow rocks of Deccan Plateau changed into fertile black soils?
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(ii) Name the three important lakes of Peninsular India?
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(ii) Where does the Lakshadweep group of islands lie?
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- River Ganga
- Chennai
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- Gulf of Kutch
- Malabar coastal plain
- Karakoram Pass
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