It's based on Geography... please do help me out by marking some Important points such a as its advantages /disadvantages and so on please write in detail
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The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in western and southern India. It rises to 100 metres (330 ft) in the north, and to more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in the south, forming a raised triangle within the south-pointing triangle of the Indian coastline.
It extends over eight Indian states and encompasses a wide range of habitats, covering significant parts of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
The plateau is located between two mountain ranges, the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, each of which rises from its respective nearby coastal plain, and almost converge at the southern tip of India. It is separated from the Gangetic plain to the north by the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges, which form its northern boundary. The Deccan produced some of the major dynasties in Indian history including Pallavas, Satavahana, Vakataka, Chalukya, and Rashtrakuta dynasties, the Western Chalukya, the Kadamba Dynasty, Kakatiya Empire, Kamma Nayakas, Vijayanagara and Maratha empires and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate, Deccan Sultanate, and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
The Peninsular Plateau is of immense use for the economy of India because:
ADVANTAGES
(i) It is store house of minerals like Iron ore, bauxite, gold, copper, coal, manganese, mica etc.
(ii)Its Black Earth soils are very productive and are intensively given to cotton culture.
(iii) The Ghats are immeasurable sources of wood, Timber etc.
(iv) The Western Ghats have rich water potentials.
The valuable trees are teak, sandal, rosewood, sal, ebony, bamboo etc.
(v)The rivers make falls and rapid thus provide ideal sites for dam construction for producing hydro-power.
(vi) There inhabit a large variety of wild animals, birds etc. in the thickly wooded ghats.
There are a number of hill resorts of immense scenic beauty and of salubrious climate which attract tourists and film actors, producers and directors.
These centres Mahabaleshwar, Ooty, Pachmarhi etc. The Peninsular Plateau is a region of Dravidian culture. Thus it is dotted with innumerable temples, shrines, etc.