Class 7 Social Science — Chapter 1: Geographical Diversity of India
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What you'll learn
- ▸India's Location and Major Geographical Divisions
- ▸The Himalayas: Importance and River Systems
- ▸Formation of the Himalayas
- ▸The Three Parallel Ranges of the Himalayas
- ▸Ladakh: The Cold Desert of India
- ▸The Northern Plains (Gangetic Plains)
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- Geographical Diversity of India To us, by its very geography, the country [India] appears to be quite distinct from other countries, and that itself gives it a certain national character. — Sri Aurobindo CHAPTER 1 Fig. 1.1. Jog Falls in Karnataka. Notice the plateau and the waterfalls. The power of the waterfall is converted into electricity (hydroelectricity; ‘hydro’ means water) through special turbines. The Big Questions 1. What are some key geographical features of India? 2. How does India's geographical diversity affect our lives? 0781CH01 --- PAGE 2 --- In 1984, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut to go into space, spoke with the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. When she asked him, “How does India look from space?”, he replied, “Sāre jahān se achchha”—better than the whole world. (This is the title of a well-known poem of the ea…
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- 💡 The Himalayas are still growing taller by about five millimetres each year.
- 💡 India was once connected to Africa before drifting away slowly.
- 💡 The Himalayas supply fresh water to over a billion people in Asia.
- 💡 India is the seventh-largest country in the world by land area.
- 💡 The holy Ganga River's journey begins from a glacier called Gaumukh.
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