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•  Rich in Minerals :    The Deccan Plateau is          Climate  :  Hot  and  dry,  semi-arid  area,

               rich  in  minerals.  Major  mineral  ores            mild and dry winter, high temperature in
               found in this region are iron ore, mica,             summer and average rainfall.
               diamond,  basalt  and  granite.  The                 Economy : Agriculture – based, the main

               Golconda area in Telangana is famous for             food crop is rice. Other crops are cotton,
               gold, diamond and other precious metals.             sugarcane, mango and tobacco; Sunflower

            •  Black  Soil  :      Most  of  the  Deccan            and peanuts have gained recent momentum.
               Plateau has black soil, which is best                Languages : Telugu and Urdu.

               suited for cultivation of cotton, rice,              Tourist  Places  :  Salar  Jung  Museum,
               sugarcane, oilseeds and millets.                     Charminar,  Nehru  Zoological  Park,

            •  Rich  in  Forest  :     The  forests  of  the        Falaknuma  Palace,  Thousand  Pillar

               Deccan Plateau are source of valuable                Temple,  Bhadrachalam  Temple  and
               woods like teak, sal and sandalwood.                 Medak Church.

               We  also  get  rubber,  tea,  coffee  and
               spices from them. Many industries such
               as  those  making,  firewood,  charcoal

               and bambooproducts, are forest-based.

            •  Main Cities :      The main cities of the
               Deccan  Plateau  are  Bengaluru,
                                                                                  Bhadrachalam Temple
               Hyderabad,  Mysore,  Ooty,  Nagpur,
                                                                    Main  Cities  : Warangal,  Secunderabad,
               Belgaum, Warangal and Pune.
                                                                    Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Hyderabad.

                                                                    Festivals : Ugadi, Vijaya Dashmi, Makar

                                                                    Sankranti, Gurupurab, Diwali, Hanuman
                                                                    Jayanti, Bonalu and Bakrid.

                                                                    Special Features : The 28th and newest
                                   Ooty                             state of India, famous for its bidri work

            Features of the States of the Southern                  (metal handicraft). Kuchipudi is the most
            Plateau                                                 popular dance of this state.

            Let’s know about the features of some of                Madhya Pradesh
            the main states of the Southern Plateau.
                                                                    Location : This is a centrally located state
            Telangana                                               of India. Bhopal is its capital. Other big

            Location : Bordered by Maharashtra and                  cities  include  Gwalior,  Indore  and
            Chhattisgarh in the north, Karnataka in                 Jabalpur.

            the west, Andhra Pradesh in the south and               Pachmarhi is a beautiful hill station. The
            north-east.                                             Kanha        National       Park       and      the

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