Question

Write a short note on the central highlands.

Answer 1

• The part of the peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada River covering a major area of the Malwa plateau is known as the Central Highlands.
  
• The Vindhyan range is bounded by the Central Highlands on the south and the Aravali range on the northwest.
  
• The flow of the rivers draining this region, namely the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and Ken is from southwest to northeast, thus indicating the slope.
  
• The Central Highlands are wider in the west but narrower in the east. The eastward extensions of this plateau are locally known as the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.
  
• The Chotanagpur plateau marks the further eastward extension, drained by the Damodar River.