Question

Explain divisions of Central Highlands in detail.

Answer 1

(a) The Peninsular region extending from, the southern border of the North Indian Plains up to the Narmada Valley is called the central High lands. It mainly comprises the peninsular area that forms a part of the Ganga River basin.
(b) The Aravali mountain Range, EastRajasthan upland, Malwa Plateau, Buhdelkhand, Baghelkhand, Chota Nagpur Plateau and the Vindhya Range are the divisions of the central highlands.
(c) Their locations are as follows :
(i) The Aravali Range in Rajasthan forms the western boundary of the Central highlands. It stretches in the SW-NE direction.
(ii) The East Rajasthan upland and the Malwa Plateau border on the Aravalis in the east.
(iii) To the north-east of the Malwa plateau lies Bundelkhand, spread in the northern Madhya Pradesh and the adjoining part of the South Uttar Pradesh. It forms a part of the Yamuna river basin.
(iv) The Malwa Plateau is located in the south western part of the central Highlands. Its major part lies in Madhya Pradesh.
(v) Baghelkhand lies to the south-east of Bundelkhand and east of the Malwa Plateau. It lies in Madhya Pradesh and northern Chhattisgarh to the North of the Vindhya Range which spreads from the western Madhya Pradesh to Bihar. The southern margin of the Vindhya Range defines the edge of the Narmada trough.
(vi) The Chota Nagpur Plateau at the eastern end of the central Highlands lies mostly in Jharkhand.
(d) The central Highlands are wider in the west and narrower in the east.
(e) Most of the rivers such as Banas, Chambal, Sindh, Betwan, Dhasan, Ken, Tons and Son, draining the Highlands flow towards the north-east.
(f) Mount Abu in the Aravalis, the Ravines of the Chambal, the Marble Gorge of the Narmada and the Kaimur Escarpment are some of the noteworthy landscapes of the region