Describe the peninsular plateau of india?
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The triangular shaped Peninsular Plateau of India extends from the south of Indo-Ganga Plain to the Cape Comorin (now Kanyakumari). This plateau is one of the oldest surfaces of the Earth and represents a segregated part of the old Gondwanaland.
Physical features:The Aravalli range in the west and the Satpura, the Mahadeo and the Kaimur range in the south divide the Peninsular Plateau into two parts:
(i) The Central Indian Plateau in the north and (ii) The Deccan Plateau in the south of it. A brief account of them is given below:
Central Indian Plateau:The Aravalli mountain, extending between Delhi and Ahmedabad (also Amdavad) , lies in the western flank of the plateau. Once a mighty fold mountain, it has been reduced now to a low one by denudation through hundreds of millions of years.
Answer:
To the south of the northern plains lies the Peninsular Plateau.
It is triangular in shape.
The relief is highly uneven.
This is a region with numerous hill ranges and valleys.
Aravalli hills, one the oldest ranges of the world, border it on the north west side.
The Vidhyas and the Satpuras are the important ranges.
The rivers Narmada and Tapi flow through these ranges.