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ICSE Class 8 Geography Question 3 of 15

India: Geographical Features — Question 4

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Question 4

What is meant by the term peninsula? Why India is called so?

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The term peninsula means a tract of land having water on three sides.

The Indian plateau is called so because it is surrounded by water bodies on three sides-

  1. the Indian ocean in the south
  2. the Arabina sea in the west
  3. the Bay of Bengal in the east