Map Marking Exercise – Clues
S.No Name of the feature Clues
Mountains
1 Himalayas World’s highest mountain ranges / Young fold mountains / Mountains found in the
north of India / The mountains with the highest peak of the world
2 Karakoram The young fold mountains running through Kashmir and Ladakh / The mountain in the
middle of which Karakoram pass is located / The mountain range where the highest
peak K2 is located
3 Aravalli The hills that run through the state of Rajasthan / The residual mountains found in the
north west of India/ The hills where the hill station Mt.Abu is located
4 Vindhyas The mountain running to the north of the Narmadha river / that run parallel to the
Narmadha river/ the mountains that form the southern boundary of the Malwa plateau
5 Satpura The hills running between the rivers Narmadha and Tapti/ the hills meaning ‘seven
hills’
6 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 Anaimudi as its highest peak /the
hills that are also called Sahyadris
7 Eastern Ghats The hills that are found along the east coast of India / The hills that are broken and
found on the east coast of India
8 Garo The western section of the hills found in Meghalya state/Meghalaya plateau
9 Khasi The middle section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state/plateau/ the hills where
Cheerapunji the highest rainfall receiving place is located
10 Jaintia The eastern section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state /
11 Nilgiris The hills located in the state of Tamil nadu where the eastern and the western 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 Himalayas/ The mountain peak located 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 Nathu La The pass located in the north east of India / The pass located in the eastern border of
Sikkim / The pass located in the north east between India and China
Plateaus The peninsular plateau/ The plateau bounded by the eastern and western ghats/the
1 Deccan Plateau plateau which is the rain shadow region of the western ghats/ the plateau rich in black
soil/ volcanic plateau/ plateau 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 Maharashtra/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
5 Coramandel coast The southern section/part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the coastal plain that gets
rain 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 located.
Thar Desert The desert located in the north western part of India/Western Rajasthan/ hot desert/
rain shadow region of the Aravallis
S.No Name of the feature Clues
Mountains
1 Himalayas World’s highest mountain ranges / Young fold mountains / Mountains found in the
north of India / The mountains with the highest peak of the world
2 Karakoram The young fold mountains running through Kashmir and Ladakh / The mountain in the
middle of which Karakoram pass is located / The mountain range where the highest
peak K2 is located
3 Aravalli The hills that run through the state of Rajasthan / The residual mountains found in the
north west of India/ The hills where the hill station Mt.Abu is located
4 Vindhyas The mountain running to the north of the Narmadha river / that run parallel to the
Narmadha river/ the mountains that form the southern boundary of the Malwa plateau
5 Satpura The hills running between the rivers Narmadha and Tapti/ the hills meaning ‘seven
hills’
6 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 Anaimudi as its highest peak /the
hills that are also called Sahyadris
7 Eastern Ghats The hills that are found along the east coast of India / The hills that are broken and
found on the east coast of India
8 Garo The western section of the hills found in Meghalya state/Meghalaya plateau
9 Khasi The middle section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state/plateau/ the hills where
Cheerapunji the highest rainfall receiving place is located
10 Jaintia The eastern section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state /
11 Nilgiris The hills located in the state of Tamil nadu where the eastern and the western 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 Himalayas/ The mountain peak located 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 Nathu La The pass located in the north east of India / The pass located in the eastern border of
Sikkim / The pass located in the north east between India and China
Plateaus The peninsular plateau/ The plateau bounded by the eastern and western ghats/the
1 Deccan Plateau plateau which is the rain shadow region of the western ghats/ the plateau rich in black
soil/ volcanic plateau/ plateau 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 Maharashtra/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
5 Coramandel coast The southern section/part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the coastal plain that gets
rain 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 located.
Thar Desert The desert located in the north western part of India/Western Rajasthan/ hot desert/
rain shadow region of the Aravallis
