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Landscapes and Landforms of India

  • Vishwas S. Kale
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Part of the World Geomorphological Landscapes book series (WGLC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Physical Environment and Geomorphic History

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Geological and Tectonic Framework of India: Providing Context to Geomorphologic Development
      Sampat K. Tandon, Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Vimal Singh
      Pages 3-14
    3. Past and the Present Climate of India
      Ashok K. Singhvi, R. Krishnan
      Pages 15-23
    4. Geomorphic History and Landscapes of India
      Vishwas S. Kale
      Pages 25-37

  3. Main Geomorphic Provinces

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 39-39
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    2. Himalayan Landscapes of India
      Lewis A. Owen
      Pages 41-52
    3. Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains: The Alluvial Landscape
      Rajiv Sinha, Sampat K. Tandon
      Pages 53-63
    4. The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Landscapes
      Vishwas S. Kale, R. Vaidyanadhan
      Pages 65-78
    5. The Thar or the Great Indian Sand Desert
      Amal Kar
      Pages 79-90
    6. The Indian Coastline: Processes and Landforms
      Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay, S. M. Karisiddaiah
      Pages 91-101

  4. Landforms and Landscapes

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Siachen Glacier: The Second Longest Glacier Outside the Polar Regions
      Mahendra R. Bhutiyani
      Pages 105-113
    3. Ladakh: The High-Altitude Indian Cold Desert
      Navin Juyal
      Pages 115-124
    4. The Vale of Kashmir: Landform Evolution and Processes
      Rajinder Kumar Ganjoo
      Pages 125-133
    5. Duns: Intermontane Basins in the Himalayan Frontal Zone
      Sampat K. Tandon, Vimal Singh
      Pages 135-142
    6. The Chambal Badlands
      Veena Uday Joshi
      Pages 143-149
    7. The Kosi Megafan: The Best-known Himalayan Megafan
      Rajiv Sinha
      Pages 151-156
    8. The Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya: Landforms, Evolutionary History and Present-Day Processes
      Leszek Starkel, Subir Sarkar
      Pages 157-164
    9. The Brahmaputra River in Assam: The Outsized Braided Himalayan River
      Jogendra Nath Sarma
      Pages 165-172
    10. The Meghalaya Plateau: Landscapes in the Abode of the Clouds
      Pawel Prokop
      Pages 173-180
    11. The Sundarbans and Bengal Delta: The World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove and Delta System
      Kimberly G. Rogers, Steven L. Goodbred Jr
      Pages 181-187
    12. The Spectacular Belum and Borra Caves of Eastern India
      A. C. Narayana, M. G. Yadava, Farooq A. Dar, R. Ramesh
      Pages 189-194
    13. Granite Landforms of the Indian Cratons
      Yanni Gunnell
      Pages 195-201
    14. The Andaman Archipelago
      Jyotiranjan S. Ray
      Pages 203-209
    15. Teri Red Sands, Tamil Nadu
      R. Jayangondaperumal
      Pages 211-216
    16. The Laterite-Capped Panchgani Tableland, Deccan Traps
      Vishwas S. Kale
      Pages 217-222
    17. The Lonar Crater: The Best Preserved Impact Crater in the Basaltic Terrain
      Makarand S. Bodas, Bibhas Sen
      Pages 223-230
    18. The Great Rann of Kachchh: The Largest Saline Marshland in India
      Navin Juyal
      Pages 231-237
    19. The Sambhar Lake: The Largest Saline Lake in Northwestern India
      Rajiv Sinha
      Pages 239-244

  5. Geoheritage and Geotourism

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 245-245
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    2. Geomorphosites and Geoheritage Sites in India
      Vishwas S. Kale
      Pages 247-267
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 269-271
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About this book

Introduction

The proposed monograph on 'Geomorphological Landscapes of India' will aim to describe and explain in simple words the geomorphological characteristics and the origin of the above-mentioned landforms and landscapes. The proposed monograph will provide the background information about the geology, climate, and tectonic framework of the Indian region, as well as cover Indian climates of the present and the past. It will mainly cover the four main morpho-tectonic regions of India and about 15-20 distinct landforms of the Indian region as well as the major geomorphosites in India.

Keywords

Deccan Peninsula Geomorphological Landscapes Himalayas India Morpho-tectonic Regions of India

Editors and affiliations

  • Vishwas S. Kale
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of GeographyUniversity of PunePuneIndia

About the editors

Vishwas Kale is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Pune, India. He obtained his Master's degree in geography from the University of Pune, India. He completed his Ph.D. in geo-archaeology at the Deccan College, Pune in 1983. His research interests include fluvial and flood geomorphology, palaeohydrology, Quaternary geomorphology and landscape evolution. He has co-authored a textbook, edited half-a-dozen special books/special issues and has published over 20 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Bibliographic information

  • Book Title Landscapes and Landforms of India
  • Editors Vishwas S. Kale
  • Series Title World Geomorphological Landscapes
  • Series Abbreviated Title World Geomorphological Landscapes
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8029-2
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Earth and Environmental Science Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
  • Hardcover ISBN 978-94-017-8028-5
  • Softcover ISBN 978-94-024-0029-8
  • eBook ISBN 978-94-017-8029-2
  • Series ISSN 2213-2090
  • Series E-ISSN 2213-2104
  • Edition Number 1
  • Number of Pages XIII, 271
  • Number of Illustrations 23 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour
  • Topics Geomorphology
    Physical Geography
    Ecology
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Reviews

From the book reviews:

“The book published under the patronage of International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) is an invaluable gift to the geoscientific community of India in particular and to the world in general. The editor has done a meticulous job of selecting geoscientists who are eminent in their own fields and well versed with landscapes and landforms about which they have written in their respective article.” (K. N. Prudhvi Raju, Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 84, 2014)