{"id":59410,"date":"2026-07-06T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59410"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:05:09","slug":"physiographic-divisions-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/physiographic-divisions-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiographic Divisions of India, Formation, Geographical Features, Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Physiographic Divisions of India<\/strong> have a great diversity of relief features. These physiographic divisions help in understanding the geography of the country, its ecology, agriculture and socio-economic development. In this article, we are going to cover the Physiography divisions of India, its formation, geomorphology and importance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Physiography?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physiography is the study of the physical features of the earth\u2019s surface and\u00a0 its relations to the geological structure. The physiography of a place helps in the understanding of the physical characteristics of a place, including river, valleys, mountains, plains and plateaus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Physiographic Divisions of India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Physiographic Divisions of India are sub-divided into 5 physiographic divisions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indo-gangetic-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indo-Gangetic Plains<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Peninsular Plateau of India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Coastal Plains of India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Islands<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief description of each of the 5 physiographic divisions of India is given in the sections that follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Himalayas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-region-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Himalayas<\/strong> <\/a>are young fold mountains that were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate with the Eurasian Plate many years ago. They form a natural boundary in between the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tibetan-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tibetan Plateau<\/strong><\/a> in the north and the Indian Subcontinent in the south. This acts like a watershed in the indo-gangetic and tibetan river systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latitudinal Divisions of the Himalayas<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans-Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Himalayan Mountain Ranges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Eastern Hills or Purvanchal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Longitudinal Divisions of the Himalayas<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punjab Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumaon Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal Himalayas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assam Himalayas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Great Plains of North India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great Plains of North India are also known as the Indo-Gangetic Brahmaputra Plains and are present south of the Himalayas and stretch from the mouth of the Indus in the west to the mouth of Ganga in the east. Formed by alluvial deposits from the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indus-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indus<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ganga-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ganga<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brahmaputra rivers<\/strong><\/a> as well as their tributaries, the great plains of North India occupy the depression between the Peninsular Plateau and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-region-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Himalayas<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regional Divisions of the Indo-Gangetic Plains:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rajasthan Plain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Punjab-Haryana Plain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indo-gangetic-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Ganga Plain<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Brahmaputra Plain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Peninsular Plateau of India\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/peninsular-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Peninsular Plateau<\/strong> <\/a>happens to be the oldest and the largest physiographic divisions of India. Located in the southern part of the country, the plateau is covered by water on three sides. There are many small plateaus all separated by river valleys and hill ranges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Major Plateaus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The major <strong>Plateaus of India<\/strong> have been highlighted below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marwar Upland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/central-highlands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Central Highlands (Madhya Bharat Pathar)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bundelkhand Upland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/malwa-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Malwa Plateau<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghelkhand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/chota-nagpur-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chotanagpur Plateau<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meghalaya (Shillong) Plateau<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deccan-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Deccan Plateau<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chhattisgarh Plain<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Major Hill Ranges<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aravalli-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aravalli Range<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vindhya-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Vindhyan Range<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/satpura-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Satpura Range<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Western Ghats (Sahyadris)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Eastern Ghats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/purvanchal-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Purvanchal Hills<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Coastal Plains of India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/coastal-plains-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coastal Plains of India<\/strong><\/a> consists of a narrow stretch between the Peninsular Plateau and India\u2019s coastline, extending about 6,000 km along the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arabian-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arabian Sea<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bay-of-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bay of Bengal<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Coastal Plains<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Coastal Plains<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Indian Islands<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indian Islands<\/strong><\/a> are one of the major Physiographic Divisions of India. They are scattered in the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Bay of Bengal, and are classified into two main groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andaman-and-nicobar-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lakshadweep-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lakshadweep Islands<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 73px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td class=\"tb-color\" style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 23px;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 25px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mountain-ranges-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain Ranges of India<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/indian-river-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rivers of India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lakes-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lakes of India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/waterfalls-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Waterfalls of India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/disappearing-lakes-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Disappearing Lakes in India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mountain-passes-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mountain Passes in India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/transboundary-rivers-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transboundary Rivers of India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/highest-peak-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Highest Peaks in India<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the physiographic divisions of India, from the Himalayas to coastal plains and islands, their formation, geomorphology, and geographical importance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":59354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[2179],"class_list":["post-59410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-physiographic-divisions-of-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111602,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59410\/revisions\/111602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}