Question

Short note on peninsular plateau

Answer 1

Plateaus are also called tablelands like the Peninsular Plateau which is a tableland. This tableland was formed when Gondwanaland broke and the pieces drifted apart. It is composed of old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks. The Peninsular Plateau consists of both broad and shallow valleys, and rounded hills.

The Peninsular Plateau has two broad divisions:

The Central Highlands and
The Deccan Plateau

Answer 2

The Peninsular Plateau

→The peninsular plateau is a tableland.

→It is composed of the oldest rocks and drifted from Gondwana land with elevation of 600900 Km.

→Broad and shallow valleys with rounded hills are the characteristic features of this plateau.

→The plateau can be broadly divided into two regions, viz. the Central Highlands and the Deccan Plateau.

→The slope of the Deccan Plateau is from west to east as the rivers flows.

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