Class 6 Geography Chapter 6 Our Country-India Solutions

Question 1: What is a peninsula?

Answer: A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water bodies on three sides.

Question 2: What is Tsunami?

Answer: A huge sea wave occurred due to an earthquake in the sea bed.

Question 3: Name two groups of islands that are a part of India.

Answer: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the Arabian Sea.

Question 4: What are corals and how are coral islands formed?

Answer: Corals are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polys. When polyps die, their skeletons are left behind and other polys grow on the top of skeletons becoming higher and higher, thus forming the coral islands.

Question 5: What is delta?

Answer: It is a triangular land area formed where the rivers enter the sea.

Question 6: Name the world’s largest delta.

Answer: The Sunderban Delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra is the world’s largest delta.

Question 7: What are alluvial deposits?

Answer: Alluvial deposits are fine soil particles brought by rivers and deposited in river basins.

Question 8: Name some east-flowing rivers that drain into the Bay of Bengal.

Answer: Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri.

Question 9: What are the main divisions of the Himalayan mountains?

Answer: The Himalayan mountains are divided into three parallel ranges:

(i) The Great Himalayas or Himadri is the northernmost range.

(ii) Middle Himalaya or Himachal lies to the south of the Himadri.

(iii) The Shiwalik is the southernmost range.

Question 10: Describe some features of the Northern Indian plains.

Answer: (i) They lie to the south of the Himalayas.

(ii) They are formed by the alluvial deposits brought by rivers like the Indus, the Ganga, the Brahmaputra and their tributaries.

(iii) They have flat and leveled land.

Question 11: Write some important features of the Peninsular Plateau.

Answer: (i) It is triangular and lies to the south of the Northern Indian plains.

(ii) It has numerous hill ranges and valleys like Vindhyas and Satpuras.

(iii) It is bordered by Aravali Hills on the northwest side.

(iv) It is lined by the Western Ghats in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the east.

Question 12: What is a tributary?

Answer: A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.

Question 13: Name some west-flowing rivers that drain into the Arabian Sea.

Answer: Narmada and Tapi.