1. LCATIONAL SETTING
   1. LATITUDINAL EXTENT
      1. 8°4'N TO 37°6'N
   2. LONGITUDINAL EXTENT
      1. 68°7'E TO 97°25'E
   3. STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA
      1. 82°30'E
2. PHYSICAL DIVISIONS
   1. PHYSICAL FEATURES
      1. MOUNTAINS
      2. PLATEAUS
      3. PLAINS
      4. COASTS
      5. ISLANDS
   2. HIMALAYAS
      1. LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF INDIA
      2. MEANS ABODE OF SNOW
      3. DIVIDED INTO THREE MAIN PARALLEL RANGES
         1. NORTHERN MOST-GREAT HIMALAYAS OR HIMADRI
            1. WORLD'S HIGHEST PEAKS LOCATED HERE
         2. MIIDLE HIMALALYA OR HIMACHAL
            1. LIES TO THE SOUTH OF HIMADRI
            2. POPULAR HILL STATIONS LOCATED HERE
         3. SOUTHERNMOST - SHIWALIK
      4. NORTH INDIAN PLAINS
         1. LIE TO THE SOUTH OF HIMALALYAS
         2. LEVEL AND FLAT
         3. FORMED BY ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF THE GANGA, INDUS AND BRAHMAPUTRA
   3. WESTERN INDIA
      1. GREAT INDIAN DESERT
   4. SOUTHERN INDIA
      1. PENINSULAR PLATEAU
         1. TRIANGULAR SHAPE
         2. HIGHLY UNEVEN
         3. RICH IN MINERALS
      2. MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
         1. ARAVALLI HILLS
         2. VINDHYAS
         3. SATPURAS
      3. RIVERS
         1. NARMADA
         2. TAPTI
   5. COASTAL PLAINS
      1. WESTERN
         1. NARROW
      2. EASTERN
         1. BROAD
      3. RIVERS
         1. MAHANADI
         2. GODAVARI
         3. KRISHNA
         4. KAVERI
3. CORALS
   1. SKELETONS OF TINY MARINE ANIMALS CALLED POLYPS