The document summarizes the physical features of the Peninsular Plateau in India. The Peninsular Plateau consists of two divisions: the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau. The Central Highlands include the Malwa Plateau, Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, and Chotanagpur Plateau. The Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau in India surrounded by hills and containing the Deccan Traps volcanic region. It is bounded by the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats mountain ranges. The Western Ghats are higher and receive more rainfall, while the Eastern Ghats are lower and discontinuous.

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SUBJECT – S.SC. (GEOGRAPHY)
PRESENTED BY – MAHENDRA KUMAR
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PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

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4. Pennisular Plateau
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 The Peninsular plateau is a tableland
 composed of the old crystalline, igneous and
metamorphic rocks.
 Being part of Gondwana land make it the oldest
landmass.
 The plateau has broad and shallow valleys and
rounded hills.
 This plateau consists of two broad divisions, namely,
the Central Highlands and the Deccan
Plateau.

5. The Central
Highland
The Deccan
Plateau
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Malwa Plateau
Bundelkhand
Baghelkhand
Chotanagpur
Plateau
DeccanTrap
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
North-East
Extension

6. PENNINSULAR PLATEAU- Central highland
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 Malwa Plateau
Lies to the north of the Narmada river between
Aravali in North &Vindhya range in south
 Bundelkhand AND Baghelkhand
The eastward extensions of this plateau are locally
known as the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.
 The Chotanagpur plateau
 The Chotanagpur plateau marks the further
eastward extension, drained by the Damodar
river.

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8. PENNINSULAR PLATEAU- Deccan Plateau
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 DeccanTrap
 Largest plateau in India; Lies to the south of the
Narmada River; Shaped as inverted triangle.
 Surrounded by Satpura hills, Mahadeo hills, Maikala
range,Amarkantak hills and Rajmahal hills i the north;
Western Ghats in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the
east
 An extension of the Plateau is also visible in the northeast,
locally known as the Meghalaya, Karbi-Anglong Plateau and
North Cachar Hills

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 Western Ghats (Shayadri)
 Folded parts of Deccan Plateau
 Continuous & higher than Eastern
Ghats caused orographic rains
 Separated from coast by narrow
coastal plains
 rivers like Godavari & Krishna
originates
 Extends fromTapi in North to
Kanyakumari in south
 Thalghat → Mumbai —- Kolkata
 Bhorghat → Mumbai —- Chennai
 Phalghat → Kochi ——– Chennai
 Nilgiri Range (Highestpeak → Doda
Betta along ooty →TN
 Highest Peak of South
India → Anaimudi From which 3
ranges radiates in 3 directions - 1
Cardmom Hills to south, 2 Anamalai
hills to north 3 Palni to North East
 Eastern Ghats
 Extends from Odisha to
North of Nilgiri hills
 Discontinuous & lower then
Western Ghats
 no important rivers
originates like western ghats
 Separated from coast by very
wide coastal plains
 Geologically older than
western ghats
 Mahanadi, Godavari,
Krishna, Kaveri cut through
this range to merge with Bay
of Bengal
 TheWestern Ghats and the
Eastern Ghats meet in the
Nilgiri hills

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