Page 2 - Lesson Note

Khasi and the Jaintia Hills.

• A distinct feature of the peninsular plateau is the black soil area known as
Deccan Trap.

• The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats mark the western and the eastern
edges of the Deccan Plateau respectively.
 Facts and the characteristic features of the Eastern Ghats and the
Eastern Ghats.
Western Ghats Eastern Ghats
Mark the western edge of the Mark the eastern edge of the
Deccan Plateau Deccan Plateau
They are continuous and can be They are discontinuous, irregular
crossed through the passes only and dissected by rivers draining into
the Bay of Bengal.
Higher; average height is Lower than western Ghats, average
900−1600 meters height is 600 meters
This range is a source of many No big river originates from
large rivers such as Godavri, this range.
Krishna and Kaveri.
It experiences orographic rain Southern part of eastern ghats
mostly in summer due to the receives rainfall mostly in winter
summer monsoons. season from the North-eastern
monsoon.
The height of the Western Ghats The height of the Eastern Ghats also
progressively increases from north very gradually increases from north
to south. Highest peaks include to south. Mahendragiri (1501 mt.) is
the Anai Mudi (2695 mt.) in the the highest peak in the Eastern
Annamalai hills of Kerala. Ghats.
They are called sahyadris in Shevroy Hills and the Javadi Hills
Maharashtra, Konkan in Goa and are located to the southeast of the
Karnataka and Anamalai and Eastern Ghats.
cardamom hills in Kerala
Both the Eastern and the Western Ghats join in the Nilgiri hills which lie
along the border between Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Doda Betta
(2637 mt.) is the highest peak of Nilgiri hills. Famous hill stations
Of Udagamandalam, popularly known as Ooty and the Kodaikanal are
located here.
• A distinct feature of the peninsular plateau is the black soil area known as
Deccan Trap.

Map Work Trace the following features on the map given in the book or refer to the Atlas.
(Page. no.-  The Peninsular Plateau, the central highland, the Deccan plateau, the
9) Malwa plateau, the chhotanagpur plateau, Bundelkhand and
Baghelkhand, Vindhyan range, Satpura range, Eastern Ghats, Western
Ghats.