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"How Himalyas, peninsula plateau and northern plains of India were formed"

2007-05-24 19:36:47 · 2 answers · asked by kittoo 1 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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Tectonic plates move against each other pushing up mountain ranges. Ice flows push around rocks and such, sculpturing large features into the land. Water and wind flows wear away the mountains and cut channels into the land. Volcanos lift tons of rock and ash and molten lava into the air and deposit it all over the earth. Man sucks water and oil from underground pools causing the surface to subside.

And then there's the homeless. They load all kinds of crap into their shopping carts and move it to God knows where. It just never ends, I tell you.

2007-05-24 19:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The oldest landmass, (the Peninsula part), was a part of the Gondwana land. The Gondwanaland included India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single land mass. The convectional currents split the crust into a number of pieces, thus leading to the drifting of the Indo-Australian plate after being separated from the Gondwana land, towards north. The northward drift resulted in the collision of the plate with the much larger Eurasian Plate. Due to this collision, the sedimentary rocks which were accumulated in the geosyncline known as the Tethys were folded to form the mountain system the Himalayas.


The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks. It was formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land and thus, making it a part of the oldest landmass.


The northern plain has been formed by the interplay of the three major river systems, namely– the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra along with their tributaries. This plain is formed of alluvial soil.

2007-05-24 20:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 0 0

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