What kind of mountains are the Himalayas? By what name are the offshoots of the Eastern Himalayas known?

Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

(i) The rivers of south India are less suitable for irrigation than the rivers of north India.

(ii) The Peninsular Plateau of India is considered to be a part of Gondwanaland hundreds of millions of years ago.

(iii) The Narmada and Tapi do not form deltas.

Give two differences between the Plains of North India and the Coastal Plains.

Name two rivers of the Peninsular Plateau that flow towards the Arabian Sea. Name two rivers that flow into the Bay of Bengal.