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CBSE - Geography - Physical Features of India

Physical Features of India

Long Answer Type

Write about the relief of the Peninsular Plateau. 

1. Peninsular Plateau is a table land composed of the old crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks.

2. The plateau has broad and shallow valley and rounded hills.

3. The plateau consists of two broad divisions, namely the Central Highlands and Deccan Plateau.

4. The plateau consists of two broad divisions, namely the Central Highlands and Deccan Plateau.

5. Central Highlands are wider in the west, but narrow in the east.

6.    The Deccan plateau is a triangular land mass that lies to the south of the Narmada River. The plateau is higher in the west and slopes gently eastward.  
 

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