Give an account of the great Penninsular Plateau of India
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Features of Peninsular plateau are following :-
- Peninsular plateau is a table and created by breaking and drifting of gondwanaland.
- The plateau has been divided into two divisions for Central Highlands second Deccan Plateau.
- The eastward extension of this plateau are locally known as bundelkhand and bagahelkhand and the Chota Nagpur Plateau marks the for the eastward extension drained By The River Damodar.
- Eastern and western edges are marked by Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats Eastern Ghats lower than Western Ghats and Western Ghats higher than Eastern Ghats.
- A distant future of this plateau in its black soil which is found in the area known as Deccan trap.
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●PENINSULAR PLATEAU OF INDIA : The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks. It was formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land and thus, making it a part of 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. The part of the Peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river covering a major area of the Malwa plateau is known as the Central Highlands.
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