Name: Divisions of the Himalayas Based on Rivers
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: The towering Himalayan mountains are the largest in the world! They can be divided according to multiple rivers that form valleys through this vast range.

Question

Differentiate between the advantages of Himalayan Mountains and peninsular plateau.

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountain Peninsular Plateau

The Himalayas protect us from the freezing winds coming from the North and India receives rainfall when Monsoon winds strike against these mountains to rise high and get saturated and cause orographic rainfall.

The Northern mountains have always acted as an effective barrier for the enemy.

Enough rainfall and vast snowfields in these mountains are the sources of perennial rivers.

The rivers and their tributaries bring with them a large amount of alluvium providing extremely fertile soil in the Northern Plains.

A number of tourist spots have been developed all along the northern mountains.

It is rich in mineral resources and has huge reserves of iron, manganese, copper, bauxite, mica, chromium, limestone, etc.

More than $95$ percent of the Gondwana coal deposits found in India are found here.

The north-western part of the plateau is covered with fertile black lava soil which is widely used for growing cotton and sugar cane.

Rivers originating from the Western Ghats provide suitable sites for the generation of hydroelectricity.

The highlands are covered with thick valuable forests.

Differentiate between the advantages of Himalayan Mountains and peninsular plateau.

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