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Peninsular Plateau (Division (Central Highland (This part of the…
Peninsular Plateau
Division
Central Highland
This part of the Peninsular plateau lies to the north of the Narmada river covering a major area of the Malwa plateau
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Chotanagpur plateau marks the further eastward extension,
drained by the Damodar river.
Deccan Plateau
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Satpura range flanks its broad base in the north while the Mahadev, the Kaimur hills and the Maikal range form its eastern extensions.
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Extension of the Plateau is also visible in the northeast– locally known as the Meghalaya and Karbi-Anglong Plateau. It is separated by a fault from the Chotanagpur Plateau.
Ghats
Western Ghats
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Western Ghats are higher than the Eastern Ghats. Their average elevation is 900– 1600 metres as against 600 metres of the Eastern Ghats.
Western Ghats cause orographic rain by facing the rain bearing moist winds to rise along the western slopes of the Ghats.
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Eastern Ghats
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Eastern Ghats are discontinuous & irregular and dissected by rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal.
Mahendragiri (1,501 metres) is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats.
Formation
It was formed due to the breaking & drifting of the Gondwana land & thus, making it a part of the oldest landmass.
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