PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
PENINSULAR PLATEAU
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Question
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Lakshadweep region
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Lies between Satpura and Eastern ghat region
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Lies in Rajasthan
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Lies in Himalayas region
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Detailed explanation-1: -The large Deccan Plateau of the Indian Subcontinent is located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada river. To the north, it is bounded by the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Deccan Plateau is a plateau situated between two mountain ranges, the Western and Eastern Ghats, in southern and western India. Its northern boundary is formed by the Satpura and Vindhya ranges.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eastern Ghats run almost parallel to the east coast of India leaving broad plains between their base and the coast. It is a chain of highly broken and detached hills starting from the Mahanadi in Odisha to the Vagai in Tamil Nadu. They almost disappear between the Godavari and the Krishna.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vindhya and Satpura hill ranges lie in peninsular plateau.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.