2(b) Punjab: Physical Features or Physiography
EXERCISES
Show in the outline map of Punjab:
(i)
Hoshiarpur Shiwaliks and Ropar Shiwaliks
(ii)
Bet region of river Satluj.
1.
Prepare three lists of districts of semi-mountainous, plains and southwestern sandy
regions to display in your classroom.
Answer the following questions in a
single word to one sentence length:
1.
What are old alluvial plains known as?
2.
What do you understand by Khadar or Bet?
3.
In how many classifications can we divide Punjab plains?
4.
In which direction sandy highlands fall in Punjab?
5.
What is meant by Changar?
6.
Which of the following is right and which is wrong:
(i)
The outermost range of Himalayas is Shiwaliks.
(ii)
Kandi region falls in south of Roopnagar and Patiala.
(iii)
Hoshiarpur Shiwalik falls between Satluj and Beas.
(iv)
Alluvial plains of Ghaggar in South-east Punjab are known as Nally.
Give short answers for the following questions:
1.
Explain characteristics of Kandi region. In which districts of Punjab does it fall?
2.
What are seasonal choes? Give examples of these rivelets.
3.
Write a note on origin of alluvial plains of Punjab.
4.
Write a note on Gurdaspur-Pathankot Shiwaliks.
