Question

why is the peninsular plateau a peninsula?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Peninsular Plateau of India is also named as the Plateau of Peninsular India. ... The Deccan Plateau is lying in the middle of three mountain ranges; the Eastern Ghats creates its eastern border and the Western Ghats its western border.

Answer 2

Answer:

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).