The Peninsular Plateau: Characteristics, Short and Brief Notes

What is Peninsular Plateau?

The Deccan plateau is the is the largest plateau in southern India which is the triangular shaped peninsular plateau of India extends from the south of Indio-Ganga Plain to the cape Comorin.

The Indian plateau is also known as the peninsular plateau as it is surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is mainly composed of the old crystalline, hard igneous and metamorphic rock.

What Minerals and Resources are Found in Peninsular Plateau

Large amounts of metallic and non metallic mineral resources are found in the Indian plateau. It has broad and shallow valleys with rounded hills.

Where is Peninsular Plateau Located

The topography of the plateau is slightly tilted towards east and the western and Eastern Ghats from the western and eastern edges respectively. The southernmost top of the plateau is Kanyakumari.

The peninsular plateau consists of two broad divisions namely the central high lands [Malwa Plateau], the Deccan plateau.

The Prominent plateau here are Malwa Plateau on the western side and towards the east there is the chhotanagapur plateau. In comparison to the Gangetic plains the plateau region is dry. The rivers are not perennial.

All the rivers except the Narmada and Tapi flows from west to East. Chota nagapur plateau is rich mineral resources.

The Portion of peninsular plateau lying to the south of Narmada, a triangular landsmass, is called the Deccan plateau. Satpura range forms the Deccan plateau’s north edge while the Mahadev, the Kaimur range and a portion of Maikal range are the eastern edges. Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and Nilgiris form western, eastern and southern boundaries respectively.

Characteristics of Peninsular Plateau in India?

Here are the main features and characterizes of peninsular plateau in India.

  • The Peninsular Plateau is a table land.
  • It is composed of old Crystalline, Igneaous and Metamorphic rocks.
  • Peninsular Plateau is measured as oldest land mass as its shaped [formed] due to the nomadic Gondwana land.
  • It consists of broad and shallow valleys and rounded hills.
  • It covers major portion of the Malwa Plateau.
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