GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The largest lava plateau in the world?
A
Antrim
B
Deccan
C
Colombia
D
Bundelkhand
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This rocky material covers the whole of Maharashtra, thereby making it one of the largest volcanic provinces in the world. It consists of more than 2, 000 metres (7, 000 ft) of basalt lava flows and covers an area of nearly 500, 000 km2 (190, 000 sq mi) in west-central India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deccan Plateau is the lava plateau in India. It is a large plateau in western and southern India and extends over eight Indian states.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deccan, the entire southern peninsula of India south of the Narmada River, marked centrally by a high triangular tableland. The name derives from the Sanskrit daksina (“south”). The plateau is bounded on the east and west by the Ghats, escarpments that meet at the plateau’s southern tip.

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