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5. India :

The Peninsular Plateau

Lesson View

¨ The Southern Plateaus ¨ The Central Highlands

¨ The Deccan Plateau ¨ Features of the States of
¨ The Islands the Southern Plateau

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Write the names of the places where these are found.

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The Southern Plateaus

• A plateau has a flat top and INDIAN DESERT Gwalior Yamuna Ganga THE NORTHERN PLAINS Kosi
ARAVALLI RANGES
Gandak
PLATEAU
Ghaghara
Jhansi
steep sides. Since it looks MALWA VINDHYACHAL RAJMAHAL HILLS BANGLA-
CHOTA NAGPUR DESH
PLATEAU
Bhopal
like a table, a plateau is also I Narmada Tapi D I A
N
SATPURA
RANGE Nagpur Mahanadi
called a tableland . PLAINS Pune Godavari CHATTISGARH
PLAIN
BASTAR HILLS
ARABIAN SOUTHERN GHATS PLAINS BAY
The Southern Plateaus are SEA Krishna EASTERN COASTAL OF
PLATEAUS
located to the south of the COASTAL BENGAL
Northern Plains. They are (INIDA) WESTERN EASTERN (INDIA) ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
triangular in shape. The LAKSHADWEEP
SRI
surface of the plateau region I N D I A N O C E A N
LANKA
Location of the Southern Plateaus and Islands
is rocky and uneven.
• The Southern Plateaus are surrounded by :
1. the Aravalli Hills on its north-west,
2. the Rajmahal Hills on its north-east,
3. the Eastern Ghats on its east, and

4. the Western Ghats on its west.

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