Page 1 - Lesson Note

SAI International School
Grade-IX- 2020-21

Sub: Geography
Ch2- Physical Features of India
Sub Topic-4- The Peninsular Plareau

Sub- Lesson Notes
topics
Peninsular • The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline,
Plateau igneous and metamorphic rocks.
(page
no.12) • It was formed due to the breaking and drifting of the Gondwana land.

• The plateau consists of two broad divisions:
→ The Central Highlands
→ The Deccan Plateau

• The Central Highlands:
 It lies to the north of the Narmada River bounded by the Aravalis on the
northwest and the Vindhyan range in the south. The further westward
extension gradually merges with the sandy and rocky desert of
Rajasthan.

 It includes the Malwa plateau in the west. The eastward extensions of
this plateau are locally known as the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.

 The Chhotanagpur plateau marks the further eastward extension,
drained by the Damodar River.
 Rivers in this area: the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and the Ken.
 The Central Highlands are wider in the west but narrower in the east.

• The Deccan Plateau:
 It is a triangular landmass that lies to the south of the river Narmada.
 The Satpura range bound its broad base in the north while the
Mahadeo, the Kaimur hills and the Maikal range forms its eastern
extensions.
 It is higher in the west and slopes gently eastwards.

 An extension of Deccan Plateau is also visible in the northeast– locally
known as the Meghalaya, Karbi-Anglong Plateau and North Cachar
Hills.
 It is separated by a fault called Rajmal fault from the Chhotanagpur
Plateau.
 Three Prominent hill ranges from the west to east are the Garo, the