The Peninsular plateau comprises of a major portion of India. What makes the plateau region important for India? Support your answer with reasons.
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Roughly triangular in shape with its base coinciding with the southern edge of the great plain of North India. Apex of the triangular plateau is at Kanniyakumari.
It covers a total area of about 16 lakh sq km (India as a whole is 32 lakh sq km).
The average height of the plateau is 600-900 m above sea level (varies from region to region).
Most of the peninsular rivers flow west to east indicating it’s general slope.
Narmada-Tapti are the exceptions which flow from east to west in a rift (rift is caused by divergent boundary (Go back to Interaction of plates).
The Peninsular Plateau is a one of the oldest landforms of earth.
It is a highly stable block composed mostly of the Archaean gneisses and schists {Rock System}.
It has been a stable shield which has gone through little structural changes since its formation