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Soils Found in Northeast India - Classification, Distribution and Erosion

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Northeast India is a place of heavy rainfall, high relative humidity, and high-temperature cause rapid weathering of rocks. As the weathering of surface rocks of the hills and mountains proceeds, the sheet flood caused by heavy rainfall removes the weathered materials and carries them down to the headward steams of the rivers.  The rapidly flowing rivers then carry the sediments, big and small, down to the foothills and plains.
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The Hills and Mountains in Northeast India

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The Hills and Mountain Ranges of Northeast India have two different geological and physiographical units. In the northeastern part of the region hills and ranges is part of the Himalayas Mountain. On the other hand, the southwestern part of the region's hills and ranges is the production of the Peninsular Plateau.
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Physiography of Assam and Physiographic Division

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Assam a state in the northeast region of India is a unique geographical entity presenting a rich physical and cultural diversity. The state's natural landscape is changing fast with the growth of industrialization and urbanization and especially the ever-increasing inflow of people from within and outside the country.
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Treaty of Yandabo and Its Impact on Northeast India | UPSC, APSC

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The Treaty of Yandabo is the peace treaty that put an end to the First Anglo-Burmese war with the British emerging victorious. The treaty was signed on 24 February 1826, almost two years after the war broke out on 5 March 1824.  The treaty was signed by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side and on the Burmese side by the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin.  The British army had reached Yandabo village which was just eighty kilometers from the then capital Ava. This was one of the main reasons why the Burmese agreed to sign the treaty without any discussion. Terms of the Treaty of Yandabo The terms of the Treaty of Yandabo are as follows: The Burmese agreed to cede Assam, Manipur, Arakan, Tanesserim coast to the British completely without any type of control over these territories. The Burmese were to stop all interference in Cachar and Jaintia hills. The Burmese had to pay an indemnity of one million pound sterling in four installments to the British with...
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