PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA
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The Drifting of Pangea
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The Breaking and Drifting of Gondwana Land
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The Drifting of Angara landmass
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The Drifting of all the Seven Continents
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 plateau has broad and shallow valleys and rounded hills.
Detailed explanation-2: -The peninsular plateau in India was once a part of Gondwanaland and broke into several pieces that drifted away from it.
Detailed explanation-3: -(ii) The Peninsular Plateau of India is considered to be a part of Gondwanaland hundreds of millions of years ago because due to the tectonic movements, the Indo Australian plate drifted after being separated from the Gondwana land towards the north.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Peninsular was a part of Gondwana land. The Peninsular plateau is the oldest landmass as it was formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land. The plateau consists of two broad divisions: The Central Highlands and The Deccan Plateau.
Detailed explanation-5: -Geologically, the Indian subcontinent originates from Insular India, an isolated landmass that rifted from the supercontinent of Gondwana during the Cretaceous and merged with the landmass of Eurasia nearly 55 million years ago, forming the Himalayas.