A fault is a place where the crust of the lithosphere has fractured. :)
South asia can be divided into three basic kinds: tropical, dry, and temperate. the Northeast East from tropical to subtropical temperature moving West to moisture and the elevation change causing a steppe and a desert climate that is like the Middle East.
Erosional landforms occur more often in the colder periods of the year because in this parts of the year there's usually more rain, and also there's snow ,and most importantly ice. The rain and snow contribute to the chemical decomposition of the rocks, while the ice with it's pressure contributes to the physical decomposition of the rocks, by literary increasing it's volume inside the cracks of the rocks and break them from the inside.