Landscapes and Landforms of India (eBook)

Vishwas Kale is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Pune, India. He obtained his Master's degree in geography from the University of Pune, India. He completed his Ph.D. in geo-archaeology at the Deccan College, Pune in 1983. His research interests include fluvial and flood geomorphology, palaeohydrology, Quaternary geomorphology and landscape evolution. He has co-authored a textbook, edited half-a-dozen special books/special issues and has published over 20 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Geological and Tectonic Framework of India: Providing Context to Geomorphologic Development.- Past and the Present Climate of India.- Geomorphic History and Landscapes of India.- Himalayan Landscapes of India.- Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains: The Alluvial Landscape.- The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Landscapes.- The Thar or the Great Indian Sand Desert.- The Indian Coastline: Processes and Landforms.- The Siachen Glacier: The Second Longest Glacier Outside the Polar Regions.- Ladakh – The High-altitude Indian Cold Desert.- The Vale of Kashmir – Landform Evolution and Processes.- Duns: Intermontane Basins in the Himalayan Frontal Zone.- The Chambal Badlands.- The Kosi Megafan: The Best-known Himalayan Megafan.- The Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya - Landforms, Evolutionary History and Present-day Processes.- The Brahmaputra River in Assam: The Outsized Braided Himalayan River.- The Meghalaya Plateau – Landscapes in the Abode of the Clouds.- The Sundarbans and Bengal Delta: the World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove and Delta System.- The Spectacular Belum and Borra Caves of Eastern India.- Granite Landforms of the Indian Cratons.- The Andaman Archipelago.- Teri Red Sands, Tamil Nadu.- The Laterite-Capped Panchgani Tableland, Deccan Traps.- The Lonar Crater- The Best Preserved Impact Crater in the Basaltic Terrain.- The Great Rann of Kachchh: The Largest Saline Marshland in India.- The Sambhar Lake: The Largest Saline Lake in Northwestern India.- Geomorphosites and Geoheritage Sites in India.