Name:-Gautam Auddy

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Msc(Geography,CalcuttaUniversity),B.ed (David Hare Training College).
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Module 4. Class 12
🌀 Peninsular Plateau Region:-
💦Introduction:-
✓ Area:- 16 lakhs sq km.
✓ Avg height:- 600-900 mt
✓ Nickname:- Mineral Reserve of India .
✓ Shape:- Triangular.
✓ Slope:- West to East .
✓ Rock:- Igneous and Metamorphic rocks.

🎉Marwar Plateau:-
• It is Located in the Eastern part of Rajasthan/Eastern part of the Aravalli Range.

• The Goramghat passes separate Gurusikhar from Mount Abu.

• The Great boundary fault separates Aravalli from the Vindhya mountain.

• Main rock :- Sandstone, Limestone,

Shales etc.

🎉 Malwa Plateau:-
• Located Southeast of Rajasthan and Western part of Madhya Pradesh.

• Malwa plateau lies between the Aravalli and Vindhya range.

• It is composed of extensive lava flow and is covered with black soils.

• This plateau has two systems of drainage-
one towards the Arabian sea (Narmada,
Tapi, Mahi) and others towards the Bay
of Bengal (Chambal and Betwa joining the Yamuna).

🎉 Rewa Plateau:-
• The Rewa plateau lies between Kaimur range in the south and Vindhya range in the
north.Rewa plateau located in MP.

🎉 Bundelkhand Plateau:-
• It is Located in the northern part of MP and south of UP bounded by Yamuna and
Chambal river.

• This plateau spread over Jhansi,Banda,

Lalitpur,Hamirpur,Jalaun district of Up and Datia,Tikamgarh,Panna,Chhatarpur district of
Madhya pradesh.

🎉 Baghelkhand Plateau:-
● Baghelkhand plateau is Located North
east of Madhya Pradesh is bounded by son river.The central part of the plateau acts as a
water divide between the son drainage system in the north and Mahanadi river system in
the south east.

● East of Maikal range is the Baghelkhand plateau made of limestone and sandstone on
the West and Granite in the East.

🎉 Chhattisgarh Plain/Mahanadi basin/ Dandakaranya Plateau:-

● Koraput, Kalahandi district of Odisha, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, East
Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are part of Dandakaranya.

● Dandakaranya is situated in the Central /East-Central part of India.

●It includes the Abujhmarh Hills in the west and borders the Eastern Ghats in the
east.

🎉 Chotonagpur Plateau:-
✓ It is part of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar.

✓ Avg height:- 700mt

✓ Largest part of Chotanagpur plateau:- Ranchi plateau.

✓ Formation time :- Cretaceous period

✓ Rock :- Granite, Gneiss and Basalt.

✓ Highest peak of Jharkhand:- Parasnath.

✓ Dalma trap in = Jharkhand.

✓ Patland:- The flat topped plateau covered by Laterite soil in Chotanagpur plateau is
called = Patland.

✓ Drainage pattern :- Radial Pattern like Damodar, Subarnarekha, North Koel river.

✓ Nickname:- Storehouse of minerals./

Minerals Heartland of India.

✓ This plateau is composed mainly of Gondwana rock.

✓ Given below are the divisions of the Chotanagpur plateau:-

● Pat region
● Ranchi plateau
● Hazaribagh plateau
● Koderma plateau
● Damodar trough
● Palamu
● Manbhum-Singhbhum.

🎉 Meghalaya Plateau:-
✓ Previous name :- Shillong Plateau.

✓ Renamed by :- S.p Chatterjee.

✓ Shillong plateau is :- Easternmost part of Indian peninsular plateau./Chota Nagpur

Plateau.

✓ Karbi anglong plateau:- Located in Assam is an Extension of peninsular plateau.

✓ Type :- Dissected Plateau.

✓ Meghalaya plateau has been separated from the Main block of the peninsular plateau
by a Wide gap called = Garo Rajmahal Gap and Malda Fault.

✓ This gap was formed by the down

faulting and was later on filled by sediment deposits by :- Ganga river.

🎉Deccan Plateau:-
✓ Area = 5 lakhs sq km.

✓ Formation time = Cretaceous period in Mesozoic Era by Fissure Eruption.

✓ Slope :- West to East .

✓ Largest plateau of India.

✓ Imp river :- Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri.

✓ Subdivision:- Maharashtra Plateau, Karnataka Plateau, Telangana Plateau/

Andhra Pradesh Plateau.

✓ The Deccan Plateau: Lies to South of the Narmada River.

● Bordered by: Western Ghats in the west.

● The Eastern Ghats in the east.
● Mahadeo hills, Satpura and Maikal range in the north.

🎉 Maharashtra Plateau:-
✓ Rock :- Basalt and Granite.(Most of the Deccan traps lies in this region)

✓ The Horizontal lave sheet have led to the formation of Deccan trap in the Cretaceous
period is called = Shield region of India.

✓ Deccan trap :- •Trap means a "Stair "or Step in Swedish word and Deccan means
"south" and Deccan is derived from the Sanskrit word dakshin.

✓ Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana major part of

Deccan trap and Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand minor part of Deccan trap.

🎉 Telangana Plateau:-
✓ Rock :- Granite, Gneiss, Basalt.

✓ The region is drain by Godavari ,Krishna,

Pennar river.

🎉 Karnataka Plateau:-
✓ Highland area in Karnataka is called Malnad and the Lowland area is called Maidan.

✓ Rock = Granite, Gneiss, Basalt etc.

✓ Other name :- Mysore Plateau/Dharwad Plateau.

✓ Highest peak :- Mullayanagiri in Baba Budan hill.

🟧The peninsular plateau divided into -

💦On the basis of the prominent relief features, the peninsular plateau of India can be
divided into three broad groups: The Central Highlands, the Deccan Plateau, and the
Northeastern Plateau.

The Central Highlands: the northern segment of the peninsular plateau.

● The part of the Peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river,
covering a major area of the Malwa plateau, is known as the Central
Highlands.
● The Vindhya range is bounded by the Satpura range on the south and the
Aravallis on the northwest.
● General Elevation: 700-1,000 m above the sea level
● Highlands consist of Marwar upland, Madhya Bharat Pathar, Malwa plateau,
Bundelkhand plateau, Baghelkhand plateau, Chota Nagpur plateau.

The Deccan Plateau: Lies to South of the Narmada River.

● Bordered by: Western Ghats in the west.

● The Eastern Ghats in the east.
● Mahadeo hills, Satpura and Maikal range in the north.

The Northeastern Plateau: is separated from the peninsular rock base by the
Garo-Rajmahal gap.

● The highest point of the plateau is Shillong.

● The region has the Khasi, Jaintia, Garo, and Mikir (Rengma) hills.

Important Facts:-
• The Fault separates the Greater Himalaya from the Lesser Himalaya:-MCT (Main Central
Thrust)

• The Fault separates the Lesser Himalaya from the Shiwalik Himalaya:-MBT (Main
Boundary Thrust).
• The Fault separates the Shiwalik Himalaya from the Northern Plain Region of India:-
HFF (Himalayan Front Fault).

• The Fault separates the Aravalli from the Vindhya range:-GBT (Great Boundary Thrust).

• The Fault separates the Chotanagpur Plateau from the Meghalaya Plateau:-
Malda Fault or Garo Rajmahal Gap.