how was the great deccan plateau of india formed
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The Deccan Plateau
When you think of high places, you might think of mountains first. There's actually another kind of high place in the world that you might not know much about: plateaus.
A plateau is a flat area that's high up above the sea. It's not the same thing as a mountain range. Mountains are high up above the sea, but they're very jagged with lots of ups and downs. A plateau doesn't have peaks and valleys like a mountain range: it's a flat surface.
There are a lot of plateaus in the world, but this lesson is all about the Deccan plateau. The Deccan plateau is a big plateau on the southwestern side of India. It got its name from its location: Deccan is taken from the Sanskrit word for 'south.'
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The Deccan plateau is interesting to scientists (especially those who study rocks) because it was formed by lava flows. Millions of years ago, melted rock (lava) erupted from beneath the Earth's surface and spilled out over the ground. The lava spread out and hardened into a layer of rock on the surface.