Physical Features of India — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

The part of the Peninsular plateau lying to the north of the Narmada river, covering a major area of the Malwa plateau is known as the ‘Central Highlands’.Its three characteristics are:

1. They stretch from the north-west with the Aravalis, further merging with the sandy and rocky desert of Rajasthan.
2. They are wider in the West but narrower in the east.
3. The eastward extension of this plateau is locally known as ‘Bundelkhand’ and ‘Baghelkhand’. The ‘Chotanagpur plateau’ is the easternmost part of this plateau, which is drained by the river Damodar.