GEOGRAPHY IAS MAINS : MAPPING – INDIA

GEOGRAPHY  IAS  MAINS : MAPPING – INDIA

1991 – 2009

Mountains, Hills, Plateaus

1. Parashnath Hill (1991)

2. Rajmahal Hills (1992)

3. Maikal Range (1993)

4. Maikal range (1995)

5. Malwa Plateau (1996)

6. Zaskar Range (1996)

7. Vindhyan Mountains (1997)

8. Satpura Range (1998)

9. Rajmahal Hills (1999)

10. Satpura range (2000)

11. Aravalli hills (2000)

12. Harishchandra Range (2001)

13. Baghelkhand (2001)

14. Blue Mountain (2002)

15. Girnar-Hills (2003)

16. Shillong Plateau (2003)

17. Dhauladhar range (2004)

18. Kaimur Range (2005)

19. Cardamom Hills (2005)

20. Nag Pahar (2005)

21. Malaygiri (2006)

22. Sabarigiri (2006)

23. Javadi Hills (2006)

24. Barail Range (2008)

25. Place of origin of River Narmada (2009)

26. Dalma Hills (2009)

27. Dhanjori Hills (2009)

Mountains Peaks, Passes, Valleys

1. Chumbi Valley (1991)

2. Shyok Valley (1992)

3. Banihal (1993)

4. Palghat (1995)

5. Palghat gap (1999)

6. Anai Mudi (2001)

7. Rohtang Pass (2003)

8. Mount Abu (2004)

9. Nathula pass (2006)

10. Shipki La (2009)

Lakes

1. Kolleru Lake (1993, 95)

2. Rana Pratap Nagar (1994)

3. Loktak Lake (1997)

4. Chilka Lake (1998, 2000)

5. Sambhar Lake (2001)

6. Kodaikanal (2002)

7. Rana Pratap Sagar (2002)

8. Loktak Lake (2003)

9. Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar (2003)

10. Pulicat Lake (2005)

11. Sibsagar (2006)

12. Kolleru Lake (2006)

13. Kolleru Lake (2009)

River

1. Sabarmati River (1993)

2. Tapi (1994)

3. Ganghara river (1995)

4. The Godavari (1996)

5. Mahanadi (1997)

6. Narmada River (1998)

7. Luni river (1999)

8. Cauvery (2000)

9. Narmada River (2000)

10. Bhima river (2001)

11. Tawa river (2002)

12. Kali Sindh River (2003)

13. Indravati River (2004)

14. Chandra Bhaga River (2005)

15. Sind River (2006)

16. Amravati River (2009)

17. Ken River (2009)

18. Rangit River (2009)

Islands

1. Lakshadweep (1991)

2. Salsette Is (1992)

3. Minicoy Is. (1993)

4. Barren Island (1994)

5. Kavaratti Island (1994)

6. Ellora (1995)

7. Pamban Island (1996)

8. Majuli riverain island (1999)

9. Anjar (2001)

10. Minicoy Island (2001)

11. Elephant Island (2003)

12. Ganga Sagar (2005)

13. New Moore Island (2006)

14. Butcher Island (2008)

15. Van Tivu (2009)

16. Pirotan Island (2009)

Waterfalls

1. Rajrappa Fall (2004)

2. Gersoppa Falls (2005)

3. Gokak (2009)

4. Kutralam Falls (2009)

Dams

1. Hirakund Reservoir (1991)

2. Farakka Barrage (1992)

3. Mettur Dam (1997)

4. Hirakund Dam (1998)

5. Farakka barrage (1999)

6. Nagarjunsagar (2000), (2004),(2007)

7. Gandhisagar (2008)

8. Bhavani Sagar Dam (2009)

Ports

1. Marmagao (1994)

2. Haldia (1997)

3. Paradip Port (1998)

4. Visakhapatnam (1998)

5. Marmugao (2002)

6. New Mangalore (2003)

7. Jawahar Lal Nehru Port (2005)

8. Vishakhapatnam Port (2007)

Transport Routes

1. Alignment of Konkan Railway under construction (1992)

2. Manali-Leh highway (1999)

3. National Highway No. 7 (2000)

4. National Highway No. 8 (2001)

5. Konkan Railway (2002)

6. Ganga river waterway from Allahabad (2004)

7. Konkan Railway (2007)

Mineral areas, Energy Centres

1. Bombay High (1991)

2. Kalpakkam (1992)

3. Khetri (1992)

4. Nunmati (1993)

5. Bababudan Hills (1993)

6. Singrauli Coalfield (1993)

7. Atomic Power Project in U.P. (1994)

8. Gold mines of India (1996)

9. Khetri copper mines (1997)

10. Bombay High (2000)

11. Digboi oilfield (2001)

12. Dallirajhara mines (2002)

13. Kolar Gold Mines (2003)

14. Salem (2003)

15. Kudremukh (2004)

16. Bombay High (2005)

17. Khetri (2006)

18. Kalakot (2006)

19. Panna (2007)

20. Nuclear Fuel Complex (2007)

21. Mangla (2009)

22. Bailadila (2009)

Industrial Centres

1. Bhadravati (1991)

2. Bokaro (1995)

3. Barauni (1996)

4. Rourkela (1996)

5. Coimbtore (2002)

6. Alwaye (2003)

7. Renukoot (2006)

8. Gurgaon (2007)

Important cities/places

1. Port Blair (1991)

2. Itanagar (1992)

3. Somnath (1992)

4. Pokaran (1993)

5. Agartala (1994)

6. Vadodara (1994)

7. Leh (1994)

8. Badrinath (1994)

9. Darjeeling (1995)

10. Puri (1997)

11. Itanagar (1997)

12. Locknow (1998)

13. Bangalore (1998)

14. Kavaratti (1999)

15. Anandpur Sahib (1999)

16. Agra (2000)

17. Cochin (2000)

18. Rourkela (2002)

19. Ranikhet (2003)

20. Gulmarg (2004)

21. Bhuj (2004)

22. Dimapur (2004)

23. Dalhousie (2005)

24. Surendranagar (2006)

25. Dharmasala (2007)

26. Aizawl (2007)

27. Bodh Gaya (2007)

28. Pampore (2008)

29. Lavasa (2008)

30. Meghnagar (2009)

31. Bhachau (2009)

Biosphere Reserves/Sanctuaries

1. Corbett Park (1995)

2. Ranthambore (1996)

3. Nanda Devi biosphere (1996)

4. Kaziranga Park (1997)

5. Sunderbans (1997)

6. Kaziranga National Park (2000)

7. Manas National Park (2001)

8. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary (2007)

9. Nam Dapha (2008)

10. The home of Sundari tree (2009)

Miscellaneous

1. Palk Strait (1991)

2. Main Boundary Fault (1991)

3. Adam’s Bridge (1992)

4. Rann of Kachchh (1995)

5. Konkan Coast (1998)

6. Lava Region (1998)

7. Chhattisgarh plain (1999)

8. Kargil region (2000)

9. Red and Yellow soil areas (2001)

10. Laterite soils (2002)

11. Gulf of Mannar (2002)

12. Gulf of Kachchh (2004)

13. Black soils (2004)

14. Indira Point (2005)

15. Kakinada (2005)

16. Kovalam Beach (2007)

17. ICRISAT (2007)

18. Gopalpur Beach (2008)

19. Mount Harrier (2008)

20. Palitana (Temple) (2008)

21. NIO (2008)

22. Baltel (2008)

23. Pindari (Glacier) (2008)

24. Silent Valley (2009)