If you live in Rajasthan, you’re near the Thar Desert and the Aravalli Hills. If in Tamil Nadu, you’re near the eastern coastal plains. By combining both maps, you can locate yourself and describe your region using landforms like hills, ...
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Gondwana was an ancient supercontinent that included India, Africa, Australia, South America and Antarctica. Millions of years ago, these landmasses were joined together. India later drifted northward and collided with Asia, forming the Himalayas and shaping much of India’s current ...
From space, India appears like a vast, beautiful landmass with a triangular shape. Its mountains, rivers, forests and coastline are visible. Astronaut Rakesh Sharma described it as “Saare Jahaan Se Achha”, meaning “better than the entire world”, showing pride and ...
Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian astronaut in space. He flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 spacecraft in 1984. During his space mission, he became famous for saying, “Saare Jahaan Se Achha”, when asked how India looked from space. Class 7 ...
Different colours on a physical map show elevation and landforms. Green shows plains, yellow shows plateaus, brown shows mountains and blue shows water bodies. These colours help readers understand the height, depth and terrain of different regions quickly. Class 7 Social ...