Question

Write the features of Peninsular Plateau?

Answer 1

• Delhi ridge in the north-west, (extension of Aravali), the Rajmahal hills in the east, Gir range in the west and the cardamom hills in the south constitute the outer extent of the peninsular plateau.
• In north-east in the form of Shillong and Karbi-Anglong Plateau.
• It is made up of a series of patland plateaus such as the Hazaribagh Plateau, the Ranchi plateau, the Malwa plateau, the Coimbatore plateau and the Karnataka plateau.
• It is one of the oldest and most stable landmass of India.
• The general elevation of the plateau is from the west to the east.
• The western and north-western part of the plate has an emphatic presence of black soil.