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The Peninsular Plateau

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An irregular triangle rising from 150 m above the river plains to 600–900 m. Its edges are the Delhi ridge (an extension of the Aravalis), the Rajmahal hills, the Gir range and the Cardamom hills; the Shillong and Karbi-Anglong plateaus extend it to the north-east. One of the oldest and most stable landmasses of India, it has three parts: the Deccan Plateau, the Central Highlands and the North-eastern Plateau.

📘 NCERT Class 11, India: Physical Environment, Ch. 2 (Structure and Physiography) ↗

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Mountains & hillsThe Aravali rangeMountains & hillsThe Vindhyan rangeMountains & hillsThe Satpura rangeHeight: 600–900 mMountains & hillsThe Western GhatsAverage height: about 1,500 mHighest peak: Anaimudi, 2,695 mMountains & hillsThe Eastern GhatsPlateausThe Deccan PlateauPlateaus · not mappedThe Central HighlandsHeight: 700–1,000 mPlateausThe Chotanagpur PlateauPlateausThe Meghalaya PlateauPeaksAnaimudiHeight: 2,695 mPeaksDodabettaHeight: 2,637 mPeaksMahendragiriRiversChambalRiversBanasRiversBetwaRiversSonRivers · not mappedDamodarRiversMahanadiLength: 851 kmBasin: 1.42 lakh sq. kmRiversGodavari (Dakshin Ganga)Length: 1,465 kmBasin: 3.13 lakh sq. kmRiversIndravatiRiversKrishnaLength: 1,401 kmSource: near Mahabaleshwar, SahyadriRiversBhimaRiversTungabhadraRiversKaveriLength: 800 kmBasin: 81,155 sq. kmRiversNarmadaLength: about 1,312 kmBasin: about 98,796 sq. kmRiversTapiLength: 724 kmBasin: 65,145 sq. kmRiversMahiRiversPennarLakes & reservoirsGandhi Sagar

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