Indian geography miscellaneous
- Mansarovar Lake is situated in
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Lake Manasarovar is a freshwater lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China 940 kilometres from Lhasa. To the west of Lake Manasarovar is Lake Rakshastal; toward the north is Mount Kailash.
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Lake Manasarovar is a freshwater lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China 940 kilometres from Lhasa. To the west of Lake Manasarovar is Lake Rakshastal; toward the north is Mount Kailash.
- ‘Diego Garcia’ is an island in the Ocean—
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Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It lies in the Chagos Archipelago at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge – a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean.
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Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It lies in the Chagos Archipelago at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge – a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean.
- Palk Strait separates
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Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. he strait is named after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the Company Raj period.
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Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. he strait is named after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the Company Raj period.
- Which one of the following factors is the main reason for the peninsular rivers to flow towards east?
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The main water divide in peninsular rivers is formed by the Western Ghats, which run from north to south close to the western coast. Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards because of the issue of elevation and drain into the Bay of Bengal. These rivers flow through open and graded shallow valleys with low gradients and little erosion.
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The main water divide in peninsular rivers is formed by the Western Ghats, which run from north to south close to the western coast. Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards because of the issue of elevation and drain into the Bay of Bengal. These rivers flow through open and graded shallow valleys with low gradients and little erosion.
- The Valley of Kashmir is located on a
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In geology, a nappe is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than 2 km or 5 km from its original position. Nappes form during continental plate collisions, when folds are sheared so much that they fold back over on themselves and break apart. The Kashmir Valley has been described as a great synclinal (Wadia, 1975), seated on the back of a vast nappe, Kashmir nappe.
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In geology, a nappe is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than 2 km or 5 km from its original position. Nappes form during continental plate collisions, when folds are sheared so much that they fold back over on themselves and break apart. The Kashmir Valley has been described as a great synclinal (Wadia, 1975), seated on the back of a vast nappe, Kashmir nappe.