Map Marking Exercise – Clues

S.No Name of the feature Clues

Mountains
1 Himalayas World’s highest mountain ranges / Young fold mountains / Mountains found in the
north of India / The mountains with the highest peak of the world
2 Karakoram The young fold mountains running through Kashmir and Ladakh / The mountain in the
middle of which Karakoram pass is located / The mountain range where the highest
peak K2 is located
3 Aravalli The hills that run through the state of Rajasthan / The residual mountains found in the
north west of India/ The hills where the hill station Mt.Abu is located
4 Vindhyas The mountain running to the north of the Narmadha river / that run parallel to the
Narmadha river/ the mountains that form the southern boundary of the Malwa plateau
5 Satpura The hills running between the rivers Narmadha and Tapti/ the hills meaning ‘seven
hills’
6 Western ghats The hills that run parallel to the west coast of India / The hills that form the western
boundary of the Deccan Plateau / The hills that has Anaimudi as its highest peak /the
hills that are also called Sahyadris

7 Eastern Ghats The hills that are found along the east coast of India / The hills that are broken and
found on the east coast of India
8 Garo The western section of the hills found in Meghalya state/Meghalaya plateau
9 Khasi The middle section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state/plateau/ the hills where
Cheerapunji the highest rainfall receiving place is located
10 Jaintia The eastern section of the hills found in the Meghalaya state /
11 Nilgiris The hills located in the state of Tamil nadu where the eastern and the western ghats
meet/ the hills where tea is grown in TN/ the blue mountains
Peaks
1 K2 The highest peak in Karakoram mountains / Second highest peak of the world/ The peak
located in the state of Kashmir
2 Kanchenjunga The highest peak in India located in the Himalayas/ The mountain peak located on the
border between India and Nepal
Passes
1 Karakoram The pass located in the north of India / The pass located in the Karakoram mountains
2 Nathu La The pass located in the north east of India / The pass located in the eastern border of
Sikkim / The pass located in the north east between India and China
Plateaus The peninsular plateau/ The plateau bounded by the eastern and western ghats/the
1 Deccan Plateau plateau which is the rain shadow region of the western ghats/ the plateau rich in black
soil/ volcanic plateau/ plateau formed due to volcanic activity/ the oldest plateau or
landform of India/ dissected plateau
2 Chota Nagpur plateau The mineral rich plateau/ the plateau where the Damodar river originates/ the plateau
where the largest no of Integrated iron and steel plants located/ the plateau where iron or
coal or managanese or limestone is found on large scale/ the plateau which is a store
house of minerals
1 Plains
Ganga plain The largest fertile plain in north India/ the plain formed by the river Ganga and its
tributaries.
2 Malabar coast The southern most part of the western coastal plain/ the coast or coastal plain of Kerala/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
3 Kanara coast The central part of the western coastal plain/ the coast in Karnataka/ the coastal plain
that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
4 Konkan coast The northern section/part of the west coast/ the coastal plain in Goa and Maharashtra/
the coastal plain that gets rain from the south west monsoon or summer monsoon
5 Coramandel coast The southern section/part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the coastal plain that gets
rain from the retreating south west monsoons and north east monsoon.
6 Northern circars The northern section/ part of the east coast or coastal plain/ the part of the eastern
coastal plain where the largest lagoon of India Chilka lake is located.
Thar Desert The desert located in the north western part of India/Western Rajasthan/ hot desert/
rain shadow region of the Aravallis
S.No Features Clues
Latitude & Longitude
1 Tropic of Cancer The latitude that divides India into two parts/ The 23½º latitude / The latitude which is
the northern most limit of the overhead sun/ the latitude that divides India into heat
zones/ the latitude that divides India into tropical and temperate regions
2 Indian Standard Meridian The 82½º east longitude / The longitude from which the Indian standard time is
calculated / The longitude that passes through Allahabad(Prayagraj)
Water bodies
1 Wular lake The lake located in Kashmir./ The lake fed by the Jhelum river/
2 Chilka lake The largest lagoon located in the east coast of India/ the largest salt water lake
on the coast/ The salt water lake located to the south of the Mahanadi delta
3 Andaman Sea The sea located to the east of the island group located in the Bay of
Bengal/The sea from which tropical cyclones form during the retreating
monsoon or north east monsoon season.
4 Gulf of Kutch The gulf located along the Gujarat coast north of the Kathiawar Peninsula/ to
the south of Kutch peninsula or Rann of Kutch
5 Gulf of Cambay The gulf located below or south of the Kathiawar peninsula of Gujarat/the gulf
on the west coast of Gujarat that connects to the Arabian sea to the south.
6 Gulf of Mannar The gulf located between India and Sri Lanka.
7 Palk Strait The strait that divides India and Sri Lanka/ the strait located on the south east
of India

Climate
1 South west monsoon Arabian sea branch: The monsoons that bring rain to west coast of
India/Kerala/Karnataka/goa/ Maharashtra/ Kochi/ mangalore/ Panjim/
Mumbai in summer
Bay of Bengal branch: The branch of SW monsoon that bring summer rain to
Cheerapunji/ heavy rain to north east India/Gangetic plain/ windward side of
Khasi hills.
2 North East monsoon The monsoons that bring winter rainfall to the east coast of India/ coramandel
coast/ Northern circars/ Tamil nadu/ Andhra Pradesh/ Odisha
3 Western disturbances The winds that bring winter rain to the north western part of India/ Punjab/
Haryana
Soils
1 Alluvial soil The soil found in the northern or Ganga plain/ eastern coastal plain
2 Black soil The soil found in the western part of the Deccan plateau/ formed by the
weathering of volcanic rocks or basaltic rocks/ used for growing cotton and
sugarcane
3 Red soil The soil found in the eastern parts of the plateau/ north eastern part of India/
formed by the weathering of the igneous and metamorphic rocks.
4 Laterite soil The soil formed by the process of leaching/ found on the summits of the
eastern ghats, western ghats and in the Garo, Khasi, Jaintia hilly region.
Minerals
1 Iron ore The mine in the state of Jharkand where iron ore is mined/ the iron ore mine
that supplies iron ore to the Tata iron and steel plant
2 Coal The largest coal field of India/ the coal field in the state of Jharkand/ The coal
field located in the Damodar valley/ the coal field that supplies coal to the Tata
iron and steel plant
3 Petroleum/oil/mineral oil
Mumbai High The Offshore oil field in the state of Maharashtra/ the largest oil field of India/
the oilfield located in the Arabian sea.
 Digboi The oil field located in the state of Assam/ the oil field located in the
Brahmaputra valley/ the oil field located in the north east of India.
Cities
1 Delhi The capital city of India/ national capital/ city located on the banks of Yamuna
river
2 Mumbai The commercial capital of India/ Capital city of Maharashtra state
3 Kolkota The city with a riverine port/ Capital city of W.Bengal state
4 Chennai The capital city of Tamil nadu/ city on the east coast that gets rain from the
north east monsoon or tropical cyclones/ A city with an artificial port on the
east coast
5 Hyderabad The capital city of Telengana state/ A famous electronic city of
Telengana state.
6 Kochi The port city of Kerala state/ a natural port in the Malabar coast
7 Chandigarh The capital of Punjab and Haryana states/ A city that is also an Union territory
8 Srinagar The capital city of Kashmir/ The city located on the banks of river Jhelum
9 Vishakapatnam The port city in Andhra Pradesh/ a natural sea port on the east coast of India/
The city with an Iron and steel plant in A.P./ A port city in Andhra Pradesh
that gets rain from NE monsoons/tropical cyclones.
10 Bengaluru The capital city of Karnataka state/ The electronic capital of India
11 Prayagraj/Allahabad The city located in the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna/ the city
through which the Indian standard meridian/ 82½º longitude passes.

Rivers
1 Indus Longest westward flowing river originating in Tibet and flows through
India and Pakistan
The river known as the lifeline of Pakistan
The river that runs parallel to the south of the Karakoram mountains
2 Ravi The river that flows along the northern part of Punjab state
3 Beas The tributary of river Satluj
4 Chenab The river that runs to the south of river Jhelum
5 Jhelum The tributary of Indus on the banks of which the city Srinagar is located.
6 Satluj The longest tributary of river Indus/ the river on which the Bhakra
Nangal dam is located
The river that runs through Punjab state making it fertile
7 Ganga The holy river of India/ the longest Indian river
The river on the banks of which Varanasi, Kanpur, Patna are located
8 Yamuna The right bank tributary of the river Ganga
The river on the banks of which the city of Delhi is located.
9 Gomti The left bank tributary of the river Ganga
The river on whose bank the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow city
is located.
10 Ghagra The left bank tributary of river Ganga that flows along the western
boundary of Nepal
11 Gandak The left bank tributary of river Ganga that flows from the central part of
Nepal
12 Kosi The left bank tributary of river Ganga known for its floods/ the river
known as the ‘sorrow of Bihar’./ the river that originates in Tibet, flows
through eastern Nepal and joins with Ganga in India
13 Chambal The tributary of river Yamuna known for notorious floods and gully
erosion/ the river that flows through ravines or badlands
14 Betwa The tributary of river Yamuna
15 Son The peninsular tributary of river Ganga
 The river that originates in the plateau region and joins the river Ganga
on its right bank
16 Damodar The river that originates on the Chota Nagpur plateau
The river known as the ‘sorrow of Bengal’./ the river known for its floods
17 Brahmaputra The Himalayan river that originates in Tibet, flows through china and
enters into India through the north eastern part/
The river that flows through four south Asian countries Tibet, China,
India and Bangladesh.
The river known as Tsangpo in Tibet
The river that flows through the state of Assam/ the river known as ‘Red
river’ due to the red silt deposited by it
The river on whose banks Petroleum is drilled in north east India
The river on whose banks on shore oil fields are present
18 Narmadha The longest west flowing river of Peninsular India
The river that runs parallel to the Vindhya mountains to its south
The river that runs through a rift valley
The river on which India’s largest multipurpose project is built
19 Tapti/ Tapi The river that runs towards west and joins with Arabian sea
The river that flows to the south of the Satpura hills
20 Mahanadi The river on which the Hirakud multipurpose project is built
The river that flows through the state of Odisha
21 Godavari The longest east flowing river of peninsular or south India
The river known as ‘Dakshin Ganga’/vridha Ganga
The river basin in which natural gas is drilled
22 Krishna The river that flows through Andhra Pradesh
The river on which ‘Nagarjuna sagar’ dam is located.
The river basin where natural gas is drilled.
23 Tungabhadra The tributary of the river Krishna
24 Cauveri/Kaveri The important river originate in Karnataka and flows through
Tamilnadu
The river known as Ganges of south India.