Question

Describe any three distinct features of the Peninsular plateau of India.

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.
  
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• The Peninsular Plateau has two broad divisions:
  

• The Central Highlands and
• The Deccan Plateau
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• The Central Highlands refer to the portion of the Peninsular Plateau that lies to the north of the Narmada river and covers a majority of the Malwa Plateau.