INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

PENINSULAR PLATEAU

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Deccan Plateaus lie between the ____ ____
A
Satpura Mountains
B
Dakshin Ganga
C
Silicon Valley
D
Western Ghats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -So the range lies to the North of the Deccan Plateau is Satpura Ranges. Note: The Satpura Range is a central Indian mountain range. The range begins in eastern Gujarat and runs east across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh until it reaches Chhattisgarh. The Deccan Plateau is to the north of this range.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ghats, two mountain ranges forming the eastern and western edges, respectively, of the Deccan plateau of peninsular India. The two ranges run roughly parallel to the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea coasts, respectively, from which they are separated by strips of fairly level coastal land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mountain ranges of the Vindhya and Satpura are located to the north of the Deccan Plateau.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vindhya and Satpura hill ranges lie in peninsular plateau.

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