The Northern Mountains and the Northern Plains of India Here we can find the information about the Northern Mountains and the Northern plains of India.   THE GREAT NORTHERN MOUNTAINS The Great Northern Mountains are stretched like a wall across the north of the Indian subcontinent. The Northern Mountains consist of the Trans-Himalayan Ranges and the Himalayan Ranges. (A range is a continuous line of mountains.) The Trans-Himalayan Ranges The Trans-Himalayan Ranges are a series of towering mountain chains that originate from the Pamir Knot. The Pamir, a plateau, is also known as the ‘roof of the world’. These ranges lie to the north of the Himalayas and have an average height of 6000m. Of the various Trans-Himalayan Ranges that radiate out of the Pamir Knot, the ones that lie in India are the Karakoram Range, the Ladakh Range and the Zaskar Range. The Karakoram is the northernmost mountain range of India. The highest peak of this range is Mt K2 or Godwin-Austin (8611m)

India and Its Neighbours India is a vast country with its mountains, plateaus and plains. It is the seventh largest and the second most populous country in the world. From north to south, India stretches across about 3,200 kilometres, and from east to west it stretches about 3,000 kilometres. It is surrounded by water on three sides – the Arabian Sea in the west, the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south. To its north are the high mountain ranges – the Himalayas . The physical divisions of India are divided into six divisions – the Northern Mountains, the Northern Plains, the Great Indian Desert, the Peninsular Plateau, the Coastal Plains and the Islands. The Northern Mountains include the Himalayas. The Northern Plains lie to the south of the Northern Mountains. The Great Indian Desert which is also known as the Thar Desert, is in the north-western part of India. The Peninsular Plateau lies to the south of the Northern Plains and extends till Kanni

  ASSAM District numbers of Assam Introduction Assam covers an area of 30,285 sq mi (78,440 km2). The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Bangladesh to the south; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22 kilometres strip of land which connects the state to the rest of India. Location Assam lies at the centre of the seven states of North East India. The state primarily comprises of two valleys the Brahmaputra and Barak named the dominant rivers. Capital Dispur is the capital of the state of Assam. It is a locality of Guwahati and it became the capital of Assam in 1973. Languages Assamese is the major language spoken by the people of Assamese. Bodo is another important language. In the Barak valley region, Bengali is spoken by the majority. Tribes like Dimasa, Mishing, Karbi, Rabha, Tiwa, etc. speak their own dialects. Climate With the tropical monsoon cli

  Let’s have a look upon the Globe and Maps with its various features We all known that our living planet Earth is round in shape, but for a long time it was believed that the Earth was flat. They were afraid of falling from its edges. So, they never travelled far. About 500 years ago, a Portuguese explorer man named Ferdinand Magellan went on a long voyage from Spain. He started the voyage in 1519 with five small ships. He sailed west and kept on sailing in the same direction. After three years, he returned to the same place from where he had started his voyage. This proved that the Earth is round and not flat. There were also people like Aristotle and Copernicus who confirmed that the Earth is round in shape. Copernicus also stated that the Earth moves around the Sun. Can you imagine what would happen if the Earth were flat? Yes, if we travelled to the edge of the Earth, we would fall off! Have you ever seen a photograph of the Earth taken from space? The Earth is so big t

  The Kamakhya Temple Kamakhya Temple Kamakhya Temple is a famous Hindu temple which was built by devotees in reverence towards the mother Goddess Kamakhya or Sati, who was one of the numerous incarnations of Goddess Durga or Goddess Shakti. The Kamakhya Temple is situated on the Nilachal Parbat or Kamagiri in the western part of the beautiful city Guwahati in Assam, India. Kamakhya Temple is the heart of Assam and every year a large number of visitors come here. According to the Kalika Purana, Sati the wife of Lord Shiva (Mahadeva, one of the holy Trinites according to the Hindu Mythology) took her life at a ‘Yagna’ ceremony that had been organized by her father Daksha (Prajapati). Daksha did not like Shiva and he always insults Shiva but when his daughter was married with Lord Shiva then he felt more insult and then only he insulted both of them (Sati and Shiva) and then he told them to never come back in front of him. After a few days Daksha had organized a Yagna where all the G