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How does the peninsular plateau differ from the northern mountainsin composition and period of formation.
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Explanation:
Northern plains:
* The uplift of Himalaya from Tethys sea and settling of the northern flank of the peninsular plateau created a large basin.
*In due time, gradually the basin got filled with deposition of sediments by the rivers flowing from the mountains in the north and the peninsular plateau in the south which created a flat land of extensive alluvial deposits known as northern plains of India.
*Northern plains are divided in 3major river system... They are:
-The Indus
-The Ganga
-The Brahmaputra
*Spreads over- 7lakh sq.km area
*Length- 2500km and width- 240 to 320 km
Peninsular plateau:
* The Peninsular Plateau are most stable land blocks as it was one of the ancient landmasses on the earth’s surface.
*Composed of: old crystalline,igneous and metamorphic rocks.
*Formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land
*2 broad divisions of peninsular plateau:
-The Central Highlands
-The Deccan Plateau
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