Question

1.Why do you think that Chhotanagpur Plateau is the storehouse of minerals?
2. Distinguish between the Malwa Plateau and the Chhotaragpur Platem?
3 Write a short note on the rivers flowing through the Peninsular Plateau?
4. Write any four points on the importance of plateaus.
5. Write differences on the basis of food, dresses and occupation between the people in the North Eastern part of the Peninsular plateau?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 Chotanagpur plateau is called the storehouse of minerals due to the fact that it is rich in minerals like mica,bauxite,copper,limestone,iron ore and coal.It is responsible for a significant share of the country's mineral output. The coalfields of the Damodar Valley Corporation supply most of the coking coal in it.

2 Malwa Plateau:

This plateau is drained by the North flowing chambhal and its tributaries. The plateau is composed of extensive lava flows and covered with black soil. It is dissected by many rivers. Its eastern part is covered by Bundhelkand and Bhagelkand.

Chotanagpur Plateau:

This plateau extends eastwards from Baghelkhand plateau. It covers southern part of Bihar, the adjoining eastern fringes of Madhya Pradesh and Purulia district of West Bengal. The average height of the plateau is 700m. Its continuity ends in Rajmahal hills in the east. Then there is the gap through which the Ganga flows. The eastern plateau continues further east as Shillong plateau in Meghalaya.

3 The Western Ghats running close to the western coast act as the water divide between the major Peninsular Rivers, discharging their water in the Bay of Bengal and as small rivulets joining the Arabian Sea. Most of the major Peninsular Rivers except Narmada and Tapi flow from west to east.

4 Plateaus are important because of the following reasons: Plateaus are storehouses of minerals. They have rich deposits of minerals. While the African Plateau has huge reserves of gold and silver, Chota Nagpur Plateau in India is famous for coal, iron and manganese deposits