India Resources & Their Utilization Test - 5

Chilika lake spread over Puri , Khurda & Ganjam district of Odisha ( orissa ) is the largest lake of Asia spread over 1100 km. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent.

Luni (also known as Lonari, Lavanavari, Lavanavati, Salt river) is a river in Rajasthan. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer, passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of 495 km.

The Dudhwa National Park is situated in the Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh where the northern edge of the forest lies close to the Indo-Nepal border.

The part of the northern plains formed of newer, younger deposits of the flood plain in India are called Khadar. Khadir or Khadar plains are those that are low-lying next to a river. Khadar areas are prone to flooding and sometimes include portions of former river-beds that became available for agriculture when a river changed course.

Kavaratti is the Administrative Headquarters of the Union Territory. All Islands are 220 to 440 km away from the coastal city of Kochi in Kerala state.

Barren Island, one of the most easterly of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is the only confirmed active volcano in India. The island along with the rest of the Andamans is the the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and lies some 135 kms northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair.

The Deccan Plateau is considered suitable for the production of cotton because Cotton grows best on black soil and also require warm climate. The warm conditions prevailing in the Deccan Plateau making it suitable for the cotton's growth.

Silent Valley National Park, in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Silent Valley Reservoir, a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland.

Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Indus (Sindhu) are the three rivers which do not originate in India. All the three rivers originate from Mansarovar Lake in Tibet.

The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,172,000 square kilometres (839,000 sq mi). A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the Ganges-Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, the Barak-Surma-Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Godavari, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, the Baitarani, the Krishna and the Kaveri. Vaighai is not included in these.