Landscapes and Landforms of India /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Colección: | World Geomorphological Landscapes,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Geological and Tectonic Framework of India: Providing Context to Geomorphologic Development
- Past and the Present Climate of India
- Geomorphic History and Landscapes of India
- Himalayan Landscapes of India
- Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains: The Alluvial Landscape
- The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Landscapes
- The Thar or the Great Indian Sand Desert
- The Indian Coastline: Processes and Landforms
- The Siachen Glacier: The Second Longest Glacier Outside the Polar Regions
- Ladakh – The High-altitude Indian Cold Desert
- The Vale of Kashmir – Landform Evolution and Processes
- Duns: Intermontane Basins in the Himalayan Frontal Zone
- The Chambal Badlands
- The Kosi Megafan: The Best-known Himalayan Megafan
- The Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya - Landforms, Evolutionary History and Present-day Processes
- The Brahmaputra River in Assam: The Outsized Braided Himalayan River
- The Meghalaya Plateau – Landscapes in the Abode of the Clouds
- The Sundarbans and Bengal Delta: the World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove and Delta System
- The Spectacular Belum and Borra Caves of Eastern India
- Granite Landforms of the Indian Cratons
- The Andaman Archipelago
- Teri Red Sands, Tamil Nadu
- The Laterite-Capped Panchgani Tableland, Deccan Traps
- The Lonar Crater- The Best Preserved Impact Crater in the Basaltic Terrain
- The Great Rann of Kachchh: The Largest Saline Marshland in India
- The Sambhar Lake: The Largest Saline Lake in Northwestern India
- Geomorphosites and Geoheritage Sites in India.