Match the following. Column A Column B 1. Island a. The Himalayas 2. Mountain range b. Rup Deccan 3. Desert c. Lakshadweep 4. Plateau d. Thar

1-c, An island is a piece of land surrounded by water. The Lakshadweep island in present near the Arabian Sea. 2-a, A row or chain of mountains is called a mountain range. Top of these mountains are mostly covered with white snow. The Himalayas are the largest mountain ranges in India. 3-d, Thar desert is located in the state of Rajasthan and also the western region of India. Life is difficult for both plants and animals in a desert. 4-b, A plateau is flat land which is slightly elevated in comparison to lands. Rup Deccan plateau is the largest plateau in India. Column A Column B 1. Island c. Lakshadweep 2. Mountain range a. The Himalayas 3. Desert d. Thar 4. Plateau b. Rup Deccan

A desert is a barren area of land that gets little or no rainfall. Thus, life is difficult for both plants and animals in these landforms. Camels are called the ships of the desert. Cactus and dates are some of the plants of the desert region. The Earth has many landforms such as plains, hills, mountains, deserts, islands, etc. There are hot deserts as well as cold deserts.

There are different types of landforms, such as plains, plateau, hills, hot deserts, islands, etc. Hills are the elevated structures on the surface of the Earth. The hills are less than 600 metres high. These are lower than a mountain and have a less sharp shape.