Which of the following physical features of India are the recent most?

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The Peninsular plateau

The Himalayan mountains

The Coastal plateau

The Indian desert

answer is B.

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The Himalayan mountains are the most recent physical feature. They are also called the young fold mountains as they are geologically young and were formed because of the folding of the Earth's crust. These mountains form the northern boundary of India and they separate the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayas are made up of 3 parallel mountain ranges i.e the Greater or Himadri Himalayas, the middle or Himachal Himalayas, and the lesser Shivalik Himalayas. The Himalayas comprise snow-covered mountains and it has Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

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