Question

What is the elevation of Peninsular Plateau?

• A. 600-900 meters
• B. 400-1800 meters
• C. 300-1800 meters
• D. 100-1800 meters

Answer 1

The correct option is A 600-900 meters

• The Peninsular Plateau has two broad divisions:
  
• The Central Highlands and
• The Deccan Plateau
• It is composed of old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
• The Peninsular Plateau consists of both broad and shallow valleys, and rounded hills.
• The plateau is bounded on the east and west by the Ghats, while its northern extremity is the Vindhya Range.
• The Deccan's average elevation is about 2,000 feet (600 m).
  
• Its northern fringes are the Chota Nagpur Plateau and Satpura Range.
• Mountains, known as the Eastern and Western Ghats, create the other borders of the triangle and are joined at its summit by the Anna Malai, Nilgiri, and Cardamom hills.
• The mean altitude of the plateau is 600 meters (2,000 feet) over sea surface.