Indian Geography Quiz 3

Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density. Badland topography is a major feature of the Chambal valley is characterized by an undulating floodplain, gullies and ravines.

Pench National Park, situated in Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh in India is one of the most popular national parks in India.

Ghagra rises as the Karnali River (Chinese: Kongque He) in the high Himalayas of southern Tibet, China, and flows southeast through Nepal.

India is one of the few countries which has a forest policy since 1894. The first National Forest Policy in independent India came into effect in 1952.

The Konkan Railway was constructed to fill the missing gap between Roha (near Mumbai) and Mangalore.

The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the Lesser Himalayan region, running from east-southeast to west-northwest across the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram Range. They are located in the southeast Karakoram on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the two longest glaciers outside the polar regions.

Kanyakumari is the southernmost mainland tip of India. Indira Point in the Andaman and Nicobar Island is the southernmeost tip of the Indian territory. The northernmost point of India lies in the union territory of Ladakh and it is known as Indira Col.

The Indus is the western most River system in the subcontinent. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj are its main tributaries of Indus. It originates from the Bokhar Chu (glacier) of Mt. Kailash (6714m). It drains the largest number of glaciers and mountain slopes of the Karakorum, Ladakh, Zaskarand Himalayan Ranges.

India is the world's largest producer of sheet mica, accounting for about 60% of global production. Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of mica.