SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Deccan Plateau
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Mount Everest
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Himalayas
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Eastern and Western Ghats
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Detailed explanation-1: -Among the most dramatic and visible creations of plate-tectonic forces are the lofty Himalayas, which stretch 2, 900 km along the border between India and Tibet.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Himalayan Mountains formed at a convergence plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate. At one point in the past, India was a large island similar to Australia today. Around 225 million years ago, the Indian plate began moving northward towards the Asian portion of the Eurasian plate.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the modern theory of plate tectonics, its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary (Main Himalayan Thrust) between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.