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Landscapes and Landforms of India

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Vishwas S. Kale

    1. Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune, India

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  • So far, there is no book or publication that provides information of the major landforms and landscapes in India
  • The book will provide information about Indian landscapes and landforms in simple terms and will be supported by maps and colour photographs
  • The proposed book will appeal to people in other fields such as geology, ecology, environmental sciences, tourism, archaeology etc
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Geomorphological Landscapes (WGLC)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Landforms and Landscapes

    1. The Meghalaya Plateau: Landscapes in the Abode of the Clouds

      • Pawel Prokop
      Pages 173-180

    2. The Sundarbans and Bengal Delta: The World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove and Delta System

      • Kimberly G. Rogers, Steven L. Goodbred Jr
      Pages 181-187

    3. The Spectacular Belum and Borra Caves of Eastern India

      • A. C. Narayana, M. G. Yadava, Farooq A. Dar, R. Ramesh
      Pages 189-194

    4. Granite Landforms of the Indian Cratons

      • Yanni Gunnell
      Pages 195-201

    5. The Andaman Archipelago

      • Jyotiranjan S. Ray
      Pages 203-209

    6. Teri Red Sands, Tamil Nadu

      • R. Jayangondaperumal
      Pages 211-216

    7. The Laterite-Capped Panchgani Tableland, Deccan Traps

      • Vishwas S. Kale
      Pages 217-222

    8. The Lonar Crater: The Best Preserved Impact Crater in the Basaltic Terrain

      • Makarand S. Bodas, Bibhas Sen
      Pages 223-230

    9. The Great Rann of Kachchh: The Largest Saline Marshland in India

      • Navin Juyal
      Pages 231-237

    10. The Sambhar Lake: The Largest Saline Lake in Northwestern India

      • Rajiv Sinha
      Pages 239-244

  2. Geoheritage and Geotourism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Geomorphosites and Geoheritage Sites in India

      • Vishwas S. Kale
      Pages 247-267

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 269-271
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About this book

The proposed monograph on 'Geomorphological Landscapes of India' will aim to describe and explain in simple words the geomorphological characteristics and the origin of the above-mentioned landforms and landscapes. The proposed monograph will provide the background information about the geology, climate and tectonic framework of the Indian region, as well as cover Indian climates of the present and the past. It will mainly cover the four main morphotectonic regions of India and about 15-20 distinct landforms of the Indian region as well as the major geomorphosites in India.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“The book published under the patronage of International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) is an invaluable gift to the geoscientific community of India in particular and to the world in general. The editor has done a meticulous job of selecting geoscientists who are eminent in their own fields and well versed with landscapes and landforms about which they have written in their respective article.” (K. N. Prudhvi Raju, Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 84, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Pune, Pune, India

    Vishwas S. Kale

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Landscapes and Landforms of India

  • Editors: Vishwas S. Kale

  • Series Title: World Geomorphological Landscapes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8029-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8028-5Published: 20 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0029-8Published: 27 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8029-2Published: 23 May 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2213-2090

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-2104

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geomorphology, Physical Geography, Ecology

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