Indian Geography – Plains of India
1) Plains come into existence due to – Rivers (Rivers flowing through a region smoothen the terrain or surface of land. And as rivers continuously change their course, a very wide smoothened or plain area comes into existence spread over a very wide area)
2) Indian plains can be classified in how many broad categories? – 3 (Plains of North India – which includes Punjab Plains, Gangetic Plains and Assam Plains), Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats)
3) Plains of North India are formed by which river systems? –Ganges, Sutlej and Brahmaputra
4) Ganges (Ganga River) and its ancillary river system are responsible for formation of which plains – The Great Plains of North India (Spread in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and parts of West Bengal)
5) Sutlej and its ancillary river system are responsible for formation of which plains – Plains of Punjab and Haryana
6) Brahmaputra River system is responsible for formation of which plains – Plains of Assam
7) Which plains is known as the most fertile land of India – The Great Plains of North (also called as Fertile Plains of the North or the Gangetic Plains)
8) Plains formed by rivers in the Great Plains of India are broadly classified in which two categories? – A) Bangar Plains B) Khadar Plains.
9) What are the distinctive features of Bangar Plains? – These are old alluvial plains formed by rivers which have flown through this terrain long time back. Fertility of these plains is less as compared to Khadar plains.
10) What are the distinctive features of Khadar Plains? – These are newer alluvial plains and lie in lowland areas after the Bangar plain belt. These plains are of extremely fertile nature.
11) Which plains are more moist – Khadar or Bangar? – Khadar.
12) Which plains are more fertile – Khadar or Bangar? – Khadar.
13) What is the name given to two types of plains found in the foothills of the Himalayas? – Bhabar and Terai.
14) What are the distinct features of the Bhabar Plain? – These plains are made up of boulders and pebbles, which have been carried down by the river streams through ages. Many river streams flow underground this plain due to high porosity.
15) What are the distinct features of the Terai region? – These lie next to the Bhabar plains where underground streams reappear. Soil is of alluvium nature and is moist in nature.
16) India’s coastal plains are pre-dominantly set in which two areas? – A) Towards Bay of Bengaland B) Towards Arabian Sea
17) What is the exact situation of eastern coastal plains? – These plains lie between Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal (Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains, which run along India’s eastern coast)
18) What is the popular name given to plains lying on the south-east coast of Bay of Bengal? –Coromandel Coast or Coromandel Plains (These plains extend from south Tamil Nadu to south-East Andhra Pradesh)
19) The name Coromandel is said to derive from which word? – Cholamandalam (meaning the realm of the Cholas. This name was later pronounced as Coromandel by the Europeans)
20) What is the expansion of the plains of eastern coast? – These plains extend from north-west Orissa (Odisha) to south Tamil Nadu
21) What is the exact situation of western coastal plains? – These plains lie between Western Ghats and Arabian Sea (These plains are very narrow as compared to eastern coastal plains)
22) What is the popular name given to plains lying on the south-west coast of the Arabian Sea? –Malabar Plains (mainly spread across the coastal length of Kerala and south-west Karnataka)
23) What is the popular name given to coastal plains of Maharashtra, Goa and some parts of Karnataka? – Konkan Plains
24) Of the two plains of eastern coast and western coast, which coastal plain has more expansion and is more fertile? – Eastern
25) Of the two plains of eastern coast and western coast, why the land of Eastern Ghat is more fertile? – More rivers flow through Eastern Ghats, which deposit more quantity of alluvial soil in the eastern plains (Four important rivers flowing through eastern plains are Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery (Kaveri) and Mahanadi)
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