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Map Marking Exercise Clucs
S.No Nameof the feature Clues
Mountains
1
Himalayas Worid's highest mountain ranges / Young fold mountains /Montains foud in thc
north of India / The mountzíns with the highest peak of the wortd
2 Karakoram The young fold mountzins running through Kashnir and Ladzkh/ The nountzin in the
middle of which Karakoram pass is located / The mountaín rznge where the highest
pcak K2 is located
Aravalli The hills that run through the state of Rajzsthan /The residual nountaíns found in the
north west of India The hills where the hill station MtAbu is oczted
4
Vindhyas The mountain running to the north of the Nanadha river / that run perallel to the
Narmadha river/ the mountainsthat forn the southern boundary of the Malwa platezu
Satpura The hills running between the rivers Narmadha and Tapti/ the hills meaning 'seven
hills
Western ghats The hills that run parallel to the west coast of India / The hills that form the western
boundary of the Deccan Plateau / The hills that has Anzimudi 2s its higheest peak ithe
hills that are also called Sabyadris
7 Eastern Ghats The hílls that are foundalong the east coast of India / The hills that are broken and
found on the east coast of India
8 V Garo The western section of the hills found in Meghalye stateMeghalaya plateau
9 Khasi The middle section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state/plateau/ the hills where
Cheerapunjíthe highest rainfall receiving place is located
10 Jaintia The eastern sectíon of thehills found in the Meghalaya state/
11 Nilgiris The hills located in the state of Tarmil nadu where the eastern and the westerm ghats
meet/ the hills where tea is grown in TN/the blue mountains
Peaks
1
K2 The highest peak in Karakoram mountains / Second highest peak of the world The peak
located in the state of Kashmir
2 Kanchenjunga The highest peak in India located in the Hímalayas/ The mountain peak !ocated on the
border between India and Nepal
Passes
1 Karakoram The pass located in the north of India / The pass located in the Karakoram mountains
2 NathuLa The pass located in the north east of India /The pass located in the eastern border of
Sikkim/ Thepass located in the north east between India and China
Plateaus The peninsular plateau/ The plateau bounded by the castern and western ghats'the
plateau which is the rain shadow region of the western ghats/ the plateau rich in black
Deccan Plateau soil/ volcanic plateau platcau formed due to volcanic activity/ the oldest plateau or
landform of India/ dissected plateau
2
Chota Nagpur plateau The mineral rich plateau/ the plateau where the Damodar river originates/ the plateau
where the largest no of Integrated iron and steel plants located/ the plateau where iron or
coal or managanese or limestone is found on large scale/ the plateau which is a store
house of
minerals
1
Plains
Ganga plain The largest fertile plain in north India/ the plain formed by the river Ganga and its
tributaries.
2 Malabar coast The southern most part of the western coastal plain/ the coast or coastal plain of Kerala/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
3 Kanara coast The central part of the western coastal plain/ the coast in Karnataka/ the coastal plain
that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
4 Konkan coast The northern section/part of the west coast/ the coastal plain in Goa and Maharashtral
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
Coramandel coast The southern section/part of the cast coast or coastal plain/ the coastal plain that gets
raín from the retreating south west monsoons and north east monsoon.
6 Northern circars The northern section/ part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the part of the eastern
coastal plain where the largest lagoon of India Chilka lake is iocated.
Thar Desert The desert located in the north western part of India/Western Rajasthan/ hot desert/
rain shadow region of the Aravallis
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Map Marking Exercise Clucs
S.No Nameof the feature Clues
Mountains
1
Himalayas Worid's highest mountain ranges / Young fold mountains /Montains foud in thc
north of India / The mountzíns with the highest peak of the wortd
2 Karakoram The young fold mountzins running through Kashnir and Ladzkh/ The nountzin in the
middle of which Karakoram pass is located / The mountaín rznge where the highest
pcak K2 is located
Aravalli The hills that run through the state of Rajzsthan /The residual nountaíns found in the
north west of India The hills where the hill station MtAbu is oczted
4
Vindhyas The mountain running to the north of the Nanadha river / that run perallel to the
Narmadha river/ the mountainsthat forn the southern boundary of the Malwa platezu
Satpura The hills running between the rivers Narmadha and Tapti/ the hills meaning 'seven
hills
Western ghats The hills that run parallel to the west coast of India / The hills that form the western
boundary of the Deccan Plateau / The hills that has Anzimudi 2s its higheest peak ithe
hills that are also called Sabyadris
7 Eastern Ghats The hílls that are foundalong the east coast of India / The hills that are broken and
found on the east coast of India
8 V Garo The western section of the hills found in Meghalye stateMeghalaya plateau
9 Khasi The middle section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state/plateau/ the hills where
Cheerapunjíthe highest rainfall receiving place is located
10 Jaintia The eastern sectíon of thehills found in the Meghalaya state/
11 Nilgiris The hills located in the state of Tarmil nadu where the eastern and the westerm ghats
meet/ the hills where tea is grown in TN/the blue mountains
Peaks
1
K2 The highest peak in Karakoram mountains / Second highest peak of the world The peak
located in the state of Kashmir
2 Kanchenjunga The highest peak in India located in the Hímalayas/ The mountain peak !ocated on the
border between India and Nepal
Passes
1 Karakoram The pass located in the north of India / The pass located in the Karakoram mountains
2 NathuLa The pass located in the north east of India /The pass located in the eastern border of
Sikkim/ Thepass located in the north east between India and China
Plateaus The peninsular plateau/ The plateau bounded by the castern and western ghats'the
plateau which is the rain shadow region of the western ghats/ the plateau rich in black
Deccan Plateau soil/ volcanic plateau platcau formed due to volcanic activity/ the oldest plateau or
landform of India/ dissected plateau
2
Chota Nagpur plateau The mineral rich plateau/ the plateau where the Damodar river originates/ the plateau
where the largest no of Integrated iron and steel plants located/ the plateau where iron or
coal or managanese or limestone is found on large scale/ the plateau which is a store
house of
minerals
1
Plains
Ganga plain The largest fertile plain in north India/ the plain formed by the river Ganga and its
tributaries.
2 Malabar coast The southern most part of the western coastal plain/ the coast or coastal plain of Kerala/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
3 Kanara coast The central part of the western coastal plain/ the coast in Karnataka/ the coastal plain
that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
4 Konkan coast The northern section/part of the west coast/ the coastal plain in Goa and Maharashtral
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
Coramandel coast The southern section/part of the cast coast or coastal plain/ the coastal plain that gets
raín from the retreating south west monsoons and north east monsoon.
6 Northern circars The northern section/ part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the part of the eastern
coastal plain where the largest lagoon of India Chilka lake is iocated.
Thar Desert The desert located in the north western part of India/Western Rajasthan/ hot desert/
rain shadow region of the Aravallis
