PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA #JKSSB
INDIA'S PHYSICAL PROPERTIES "Plate Tectonics Theory." According to this idea, the earth's crust (upper portion) is made up of seven major and minor plates. Plate movement causes tensions to build up within the plates and in the continental rocks above, resulting in folding, faulting, and volcanic activity. While some plates converge and form a convergent border, others move apart from each other. Some plates separate and develop divergent boundaries as they move apart from one another. The majority of earthquakes occur along plate borders, however some occasionally occur within the plates. The earliest landmass (the Peninsula portion) belonged to Gondwana. India, Australia, South Africa, South America, and Antarctica were all part of the Gondwana landmass. Convectional currents broke the crust into several parts, causing the Indo-Australian plate to move northward after being detached from the Gondwana landmass. The plate collided with the much larger Eurasian Plate