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Soils Found in Northeast India - Classification, Distribution and Erosion

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.

The Essential Characteristics of Geography

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people.

17 Most Famous Traditional Festivals in Northeast India | North East India

Festivals in Northeast India are generally very different from the rest of India. Northeast India is a home of various ethnic groups and tribes and practices different traditions.  Thus they show different forms of festivals which represent their unique culture and traditions. Traditional Festivals in northeast India are not only associated with traditional dances and singing, but also have some great rock music concerts in these festivals as well.

Top 30 Go To Places in Assam | Assam Top Tourist Destinations

Assam is a gift of nature with its hills and mountain to the river valleys with diverse communities, languages, and tribes. Situated amidst lush green valleys and majestic mountains, Assam is the land of breathtaking beauty and matchless grace. Assam as a whole a tourist place you can go anyplace you wish you will going to find happiness and can experience their exotic culture and unique traditions.

Best Places in Tawang | Tawang Tourist Destination | North East India Info

Tawang is a town in the Himalayas in the far west of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. Tawang is situated at an elevation of approximately 3,048 meters (10,000 ft) in the north-western part of Arunachal Pradesh of India. The second-largest Buddhist monastery (gompa) in the world is here and was built in 1681.

International Frontiers and Boundaries of Northeast India

The frontiers and boundaries of Northeast India comprise both from mountain ranges and hill to the fleet plain of cropland and swamps. Northeast India is consists of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. The region is located between latitudes 29 0 and 22 0 North and longitudes about 89.46 and 97.5 / East.

Forest Resources of Northeast India

The forests of Northeast India are rich in biodiversity and timber, while the cultural complexity of the region is extraordinary. The Climate, physiography, and soils of Northeast India have provided favorable conditions for the luxuriant growth of natural vegetation.

Manipuri Black Rice | Benefits, Recipe, Nutrition | Chak-hao

Black rice is a type of rice that belongs to the Oryza sativa L . species.   The rice endosperm, which is translucent with a grey to almost black color, turns deep purple when cooked. [1] My first encounter with Black Rice got me very fascinated and curious about this rice. At that time I thought I'm going to cultivate this rice on our own firm land as experiments see how it performed on our agricultural land. We also cultivated Assamese Red Rice (the local name is Bao Paddy ) and 10 different varieties of local (native) rice.

Physiography of Northeast India | Physiographic Divisions

Northeast India located in the extreme northeast corner of the Indian subcontinent with diverse physiography and relief features. In general, the region may be divided into three physiographical regions that are Plateau region, Plain regions and Mountain region. Because of its diversity of physiography the region endowed with rich and varied biophysical environments bounded by hills and mountains on its three sides except a narrow gap in the west.

Forest Types in Northeast India | Classification | UPSC, APSC

Northeast India is rich in various types of natural vegetation. The climate, physiography, and soils of the region have provided favorable conditions for the growth of natural vegetation. The northeast region of India supports almost all types of vegetation from cultivated plains to grasslands, meadows, marshes, swamps, scrub forests, tropical forests, temperate forests, and alpine vegetation. The region has one of the heaviest rainfalls in the world. Although the average annual rainfall of the region is about 250 cm, it varies from place to place. The altitude variations from 200-5000 m and the presence of deep valleys, and hills provide a range of ecological variations thereby producing different types of climatic conditions from warm subtropical in the foothills, moderate in the middle, and cool temperate in high hills, which determine the vegetation pattern of this region The Forest of Northeast India may be broadly classified into 1. Tropical forest, 2. Subtropical forest, 3...