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प्रश्न
What, has been the influence of the Northern Mountain Wall on the Indian Sub-continent?
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उत्तर
(i) Since historic times, the movement of the people across the Himalayas has been limited. This helped in the development of a distinct culture of its own.
(ii) It prevents the cold winds coming from Central Asia to India.
(iii) Monsoon winds which scale the heights along the Himalayas cause rainfall in the Indian sub-continent.
(iv) The glaciers and snow fields of the Himalayas are the source of a large number of perennial rivers.
(v) Heavily forested slopes of the Himalayas provide valuable timber and other useful forest products.
(vi) The Himalayas give shelter to a wide variety of wild animal life. Thus, it maintains the balance in ecosystem.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the two component parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
Mention the sub-units into which the Deccan Plateau region can be divided.
Which is the highest peak of the Peninsular India?
Describe the Deccan Plateau region.
What are the salient characteristics of Shivaliks?
Give reasons to justify that the Himalayas act as a ‘climatic divide’.
The Peninsular Plateau of India was a part of Gondwana Land hundreds of millions years ago.
The Peninsular rivers not navigable.
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.
Mention the important passes in the western branch of the Himalayas.
